This week’s topic for the weekend photo challenge is water. Personally, I love water. Always have. It’s great stuff and I think it’s very important that everyone have free access to clean water. In Washington state, especially as of late, we are blessed with tons and tons of it, to the point people complain. But it’s not that way everywhere and that’s what I’m interested in seeing from all your different points of view.
What is water to you? Refreshment? Tool? Toy? Cleanser? It can be so many things depending on where we live and even the time of day.
I’m going to take something of an inverse tack on this week’s challenge. As I’ve said before, once you understand the relationship of the main three settings (Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO), you can control the others by making adjustment in others. In other words, do drop a not so subtle hint, you can get the depth of field you want by adjusting the shutter speed. This is valuable to know in situations when quick changes are needed and switching camera modes isn’t the best option. To that end, there is only one main subject you can use in your execution of this weekend’s challenge:
If you want to blur the water, you are going to have to figure out how to do it using aperture. It’s easy though, so don’t sweat it. Just have fun.
When you post a link to a photo, please post up the settings you used as well so others can learn what was going through your head as you took the shot. Good luck this weekend! As always, the curfew is my bedtime on Monday night.
Water is essential to healthy living; water is also very refreshing!
This particular shot I took in the swealtering tropics of Thailand last year. It is the Buatong waterfall outside of Chiang Mai.
It was a very refreshing place to get wet, climb the falls (yes you can do it here!), and just hang out with some great friends.
Canon T1i, ISO 200, Shutter .6 seconds, f13.
https://picasaweb.google.com/delmarp/CareyPhotoChallenge?authkey=Gv1sRgCI7vpMrikcD3lAE#5604201765775102770
That is a really cool shot!
It’s so fluffy!!! I want to eat the marshmallowness of the upper right area.
Ach, I keep missing these! Been out all weekend . . . around water, but didn’t have a camera with me as it was just impractical. I’m getting a G12 in the next couple of weeks so I can always have a decent camera around.
George, you are forgiven, this once……once. :)
Though I’d really like to practice the water-blur technique, I figured that’s what a lot of responses to this would include. So, in an effort to show a different manifestation of water, I took this shot this weekend while at work this weekend:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmontague/5705367251/in/photostream/lightbox/
This valve and pipe move liquid nitrogen, which is typically around -323 degrees Fahrenheit. When the metal and plastic components get cold, they condense and freeze water out of the air.
I admit my only use of aperture choice was to get a pretty, shallow depth of field :)
Details: 1/60s, f/2.2, Evaluative Metering, ISO 200
Josh,
I like that composition! Great! The f2.2 comes out nice (IMHO) in that shot.
Just curious; what camera and lens did you shoot this one with?
Keep shooting!
Ah yes, sorry: Canon T2i + 50mm f/1.8. Thanks for the feedback!
Nice alternative take on the subject and nice framing. Next step, lick it.
I’ve left a lot of finger skin on there. I’d like to keep my taste buds intact!