Before you even view my dismal offerings this week, allow me to say that this is my LEAST favorite topic....and rightly so, since I'm not good at it at all!! I think I do a fair job of getting 'stop' action shots....but to be able to show the action or movement is just not something I can grasp on my camera settings. I'm happy to take your suggestions.....and ideas for improvement here!!!
#1 bicyclers on the causeway. Obviously they are moving....but I really haven't shown "action" in the shot. I thought I was shooting in shutter priority, but the Properties says this is aperature priority. I don't get that. F 4.0 - 1/4000 sec - ISO 200
#2 Fountain with water movement. On this one, I remembered lessons from last year and took several pictures for myself in aperature priority and then shutter priority. Even I can see the difference in what I took using water movement.
F 25 - 1/6 sec - ISO 200
#3 Swing swinging. The left swing is moving....the right swing is still. I think you can tell that....but once again, a dismal 'action' shot.
F20 - 1/5 sec - ISO 200 shutter priority
#4. Bee gathering nectar. LOL, while at the park I got distracted by something I LIKE to shoot.....so I took this one. I guess is MIGHT show some action, then again, maybe not really!!!
F 8 - 1/100 sec - ISO 200 shutter priority
#5. Wipers moving. F11 - 1/40 sec - ISO 200 shutter priority
#6. Folks on the ball field. I just don't know how to chose settings to get a clearer picture of the boy running and yet not have it just turn out to be a stop-action picture. The whole thing is just a big blur!
F 22 - 1/30 sec - ISO 200 shutter priority
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ReplyDeleteGood grief, I tried to correct a typo and deleted my entire post. Anyway, I like #6 the best for composition and the feel of action. I think the photo is a bit out of focus, but don't know if that is the look you were going for. Was this photo cropped in a lot?
ReplyDeleteHI Lynn, You did a great job with #2, the fountain. I tried to do water, but just couldn't get it to work. I really like the bee in the flower!. Might not show action, but a great shot none the less.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Robin, the colors on #4 are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHey Lynn, My thoughts.
ReplyDelete#1 obviously something went wrong-!/4000 will stop a humming bird wing otherwise the bike wheels would have been blurred at 1/5 sec
#2 worked just the way it should--the water is moving up and down to the lens and the camera is still
#3 would have worked like the water but should be going left to right-I think the swing was at it's high point almost stopped anyway
#4 great shot and composition as always
#5 wipers were going left to right- it worked
#6 the boy is showing movement but could have been clear if you moved the camera with him and you were perpendicular to him so he was going right to left---all around him would have been blurred That's how I did the cars.
some very good pictures Lynn, I really liked thew swing...having one swing coming at the cameras really gives a nice effect....I alos really liked the water shot...the bicycles should have maybe been shot with a shutter around 1/60 and it probably would have shown more of the movement.....but great pics never the less.......
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