Peace...

ISO 100 ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/2500 ~ 115mm

Formation Flying

ISO 100 ~ f/8 ~ 1/320 ~ 135mm

Walking in the Storm...

ISO 100 ~ f/7.1 ~ 1/200 ~ 65mm




I'll let you decide which one tells the story better... I like the top one because it draws your attention more to the fact that the colors are muted, the fog is thick, and the atmosphere gloomy. The lower one is almost too flat (not enough contrast) for monochrome, but yet it adds another aspect to the story that the top one skips.

What do you think?

North Carolina Countryside...

ISO 100 ~ f/8 ~ 1/250 ~ 28mm

Morning Frost...

ISO 100 ~ 3 exposures merged for HDR ~ 50mm

Evening on the Farm...

ISO 400 ~ f/6.3 ~ 1/200 ~ 135mm

Sky View...

ISO 100 ~ f/13 ~ 1/400 ~ 28mm

Gold on Azure

ISO 100 ~ f/8 ~ 1/320th ~ 135mm

Midwestern Rainbow...

ISO 100 ~ f/10 ~ 1/250 ~ 28mm

Little House on the Prairie...

ISO 100 ~ f/10 ~ 1/250 ~ 18mm

Sunset blooper...

ISO 1600 ~ f/36 ~ 1/4000 ~ 135mm

      Hmm, you may say.  Those numbers look really wild --  what was he thinking???  Yeah, that's what I asked myself after I downloaded the photos: What was I thinking?  Two lessons, learned from mistakes.  #1) always put your camera settings back to normal after getting "creative." And, #2) always check your camera's settings before shooting.  What did I do?  Well, I had left the camera on Aperture Priority, at 1600 ISO, and f/36.  A great combo for a really grainy picture and a "star" pattern around the sun...  I like the star pattern, I just wish I could get rid of the grain. :-)  Oh, and about the crooked horizon, there's another lesson...  If it does not interfere with other subjects in the photo, try to match the horizon line; even if it is slanted in real life.  It just looks better.

Ah, lessons are so fun, aren't they?

Panorama

Montana Scenery ~ 5 stitched photos

The Lone Ranger

ISO 800 ~ f/11 ~ 1/400 ~ 60mm

Thunderbumper...

ISO 400 ~ f/9 ~ 1/250 ~ 100mm