365 Project – 313: Winter fuchsia blooms (November 8, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/2500, Aperture: F/1.4, ISO: 200

Do you like this tight crop and negative space? Would this work for a card? Or, does that cropped fuchsia in the bottom right corner annoy you? Curious what you think!

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365 Project – 250: Fuschia tutu (September 5, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/1000, Aperture: F/1.4, ISO: 400

Doesn’t this look like a beautiful ballerina?

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365 Project – 213: Whirligig daisies and a lotta’ bokeh (July 31, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/100, Aperture: F/1.4, ISO: 400

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365 Project – 209: Crocosmia (July 27, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/8.0, ISO: 400

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365 Project – 208: Daisies through the rusty sawmill hole (July 26, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/125, Aperture: F/5.6 ISO: 400

The same photo of the rusty sawmill…but, uncropped

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365 Project – 202: Storm clouds at sunrise (July 21, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/2.5, ISO: 400

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365 Project – 201: Lavender, bokeh and sun flare (July 19, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/3200, Aperture: F/1.4, ISO: 200

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365 Project – 200: Bee sucking on lavender (July 18, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/2500, Aperture: F/2.2, ISO: 200

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365 Project – 199: At the lavender farm (July 17, 2012)

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/16, ISO: 200

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365 Project – 196: My roses…and Nikon D5000′s VIVID vs. STANDARD picture control setting (July 14, 2012)

I often use the VIVID setting on my D5000 but, this morning when shooting my roses the VIVID shots just looked TOO saturated and vibrant, which, to me, lost some of the detail of these roses. So, I switched to the STANDARD (SD) setting and the photo better matched the roses’ color, soft shape and texture. Using EXACTLY the same camera settings, except for changing the picture control setting, you can compare the left photo, taken with the VIVID setting, with the right photo taken with the STANDARD (SD) setting. I personally prefer the photo on the right taken with the SD setting. I LOVE color in photos, and many times prefer shooting with the VIVID setting to get a POP in my photos but, in this case, “less is more”, and I prefer the less saturated, less vibrant look of these beautiful roses. What do you think??

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/13.0, ISO: 400, VIVID setting

Shutter Speed: 1/50, Aperture: F/13.0, ISO: 400, STANDARD setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To change your camera’s PICTURE CONTROL, click on your info button and use your toggle buttons right or left until you get to the PICTURE CONTROL setting, press OK then toggle up and down to choose your setting. Experiment with it. You may find out that less is more when switching from VIVID to another less vibrant setting. Happy shooting!

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