This was the last week of Moving Into Manual at BPS. I was a bit disappointed in the class which was billed for "advanced" students. I don't consider myself advanced, but I have taken several photography classes and have a good understanding of aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance. I KNOW I have a lot more to learn so I figured it would be good to push myself. The first three weeks were pretty basic information. Things, in fact, that were covered in Barbara Carroll's Photography 101 class at BPS. This last week, however, where Elisha "put it all together" did produce some "aha" moments. For the last couple of weeks I've shot everything on full manual. I need to keep it there so it becomes automatic. I know what to do, I just forget some of the things in the "heat of the moment." Thank goodness for instant feedback on digital cameras so you can quickly take another shot. Getting a really sharp focus is still a goal as well.
Tracy and I walked over to the Highland Park Conservatory this afternoon so I could take a few photos. Here are the best of them. I had to choose one of them to post on the critique gallery. Which one would you choose?
And a few I didn't consider, but liked anyway:
These are water chimes, and I liked that I finally got a photo of a water droplet falling from one cup to the next. I've tried several other times when I've been there, but never managed to get one. Here's another shot of the water chimes.
The light was really tricky here, but I loved this turtle standing on the back of two other turtles. I think I could improve this photo in PSE 8 using some techniques I recently learned from the tablet course with Jessica Sprague, but it will have to wait until I have more time.
On our walk through the park, we kept remarking about how wonderful it is to see the blue skies again after a week of rain.
