It’s rainy today so after I got home I decided to play around with a different lens–my new and yet to be christened Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM. These close ups of our winterized Job’s Tears plant were shot on a tripod with the lens at 300mm. The camera was set to 1/20 at f/5.6, ISO 200, and white balance on cloudy. I love the isolation of the plant against the completely blurred out green of the backyard. Makes me want to explore this lens more.
Canon T2i getting close.
While fishing for the “right” exposure for a night view of this local fountain, I took several tight shots. The lights in the fountain were obviously very bright, but while playing with the metering I did manage to get a couple of decent looking, well exposed, completely uninteresting shots. This one, on the other hand, with the super hot, overexposed areas in the splash zone, I like.
Lens: Canon EFS 15-85mm. Black and white conversion: Nik Silver Efex Pro.
Canon T2i liking it hot.
An old Hudson Commodore 2-door hardtop was parked just down the road from our rehearsal space. It’s a very cool looking car. After looking at the photos I took (a couple of which I liked), I figured that there are probably hundreds of similar images of the model readily available with a simple Google search. So instead of showing the whole car within a scene, I settled on this little “abstract” image. I like the simplicity.
Canon T2i keeping it simple.
I’m calling them “hooligans” because I like the word, but these kids on a bike whizzed by me while I had my camera in hand. Nothing is in focus, but I like it. Just a quick press of the shutter button during a night shoot.
Canon T2i grabbing a moment.
Sometimes unexpected things appear in photos. I completely missed the man with a cane in this image until I got home and looked through my shots. I’m glad he was there!
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
Canon T2i accepting the unexpected.