Introduction
This is my presentation on the time of day. I found this a interesting project to work on and it made me much more aware of the impact that natural light has on subjects.
Early Morning (6:58 am)
This photo was taken on the dock of Port Jefferson. I was coming back from work and there was just the beginning of a glow on the water that looked amazing. I had previously night shot and I experimented with the ISO in order to get the perfect combination to capture that peaceful moment.
Stats:
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15 s
Lens: 18-55@48 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS
Mid Morning (8:50am)
This photo was taken on a side street along Upper Sheep Pasture Road. I am amazed at the fact I was able to capture the intricacies of the shadows in the picture. I also tried to experiment with the “Rule of Thirds” but I don’t think I focused well enough on the tree to make it more prominent in the photo.
Stats:
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60 s
Lens: 18-55@33 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS
Noon (1:13pm)
This was taken along the train tracks by my job (I know, kinda dangerous but I checked the lirr schedule). I was pretty bummed initially because this was shot the Sunday before the project was due and as I was driving to work, I saw how cloudy the previously sunny day became. However, the clouds provided a rustic tone that I may not have gotten in a blazing sun noon. I just also like how solid the sky looks like a wall of baby blue.
Stats:
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/60 s
Lens: 18-55@33 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS
Early Afternoon (4:06pm)
This is a shot of my backyard. I wasn’t sure if I should include Macro images in this project but I was fascinated by the pattern of shadows on the hull of my old Sunfish Sailboat. I also wanted to try to push the boundaries on the types of angles I can adopt while shooting. I originally wanted to try to get more parallel to the top of the sunfish but the angle seemed off so I did a slightly elevated angle and shot down to really get the details of the hull and also the sides too (look at all that grime!!).
Stats:
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/60 s
Lens: 18-55@21 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS
Dusk (6:15pm)
This was an interesting photo and experience trying to take it. I was back at the same train tracks shooting location 5 hours later except the sky was very deep into dusk. Unfortunately, I had to stay longer than normal to cover a call out and missed the sunset that would have provided the prime shooting scene. However, all was not lost and in addition to my camera, I also had a tripod to utilize. This enabled me to not only crank up the ISO, increase the aperture but lengthen the shutter speed substantially to maximize exposure. This brought out the remaining colors of dusk substantially but at the cost of focus which I want to try to figure out how I could minimize. I also went into PS and further increased the saturation and exposure and was able to elucidate out more light. So, although it was somewhat a mishap and far from a good photo, I learned significantly about increasing light when there is very little.
Stats:
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 5 s
Lens: 18-55@29 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS
Night (10:23pm)
This photo was another interesting photo. I was driving back to Stony Brook from my hometown in Riverhead along the dark backroads and I thought it was a great photo opportunity as there was this sense of peacefulness I got from standing at 10pm on a dark backroad in the relative middle of nowhere. This photo taught me a decent amount the obvious need for a tripod. If you see the settings I had below such as ISO 6400, high ISO and the aperture needs to be very low in order to gain decent exposure on my photos but still having a moderate shutter speed to counteract the shake in my hands while shooting. With use of the tripod like in the Dusk photo, I’m able to achieve more exposure not at the expense of the other settings and would have had much more clarity than shown here now with this photo too.
Stats:
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 1/13 s
Lens: 18-55@36 mm Canon Lens
Camera: Canon Rebel T6 EOS