Photographic Experiments
/I was in the mood for some photographic experiments….from my office.
The rhododendron flower cluster and some fragile pink irises were in vases in the room….and became the main subjects for my experiments.
I took some ‘normal’ lighting pictures of the rhododendron –
Then some brighter pictures using exposure compensation (+). In the extreme case, the background becomes white and the flowers take on a very different look….often very artsy.
I also tried 2 special effects settings on my camera: like oil paintings and like watercolor paintings.
I started out the pink iris with some ‘normal’ lighting shots rotating the vase. Which one is your favorite? I like the middle (diagonal) one the best.
I did some macro shots; at this magnification the images feel more like an abstract than a flower.
Just as with the rhododendron, I brightened the iris images to different degrees via exposure compensation when the flower was backlit with the sun shining through the window.
The iris looked quite different with the special effect setting (like oil paintings).
I took a picture of a pokeweed growing outside one of my windows used exposure compensation…with the screen showing.
A few setting changes (closer to ‘normal’….and I photographed a leaf a little lower on the plant through the window with water droplets glistening in the sunlight. The autofocus did an excellent job.
I generally learn as I do these experiments in my office…and probably am more likely to successfully use the same techniques at other times! My goal is to maximize the use of my camera’s automation to capture the image I want.
