In-Class Photo Critique #2

1)  http://500px.com/photo/53199360
 

    This first photograph looks like a waterfall coming down a mountainside but really it is misty clouds sweeping down into a valley of trees. The scene is very serene and peaceful. A high f/stop was most likely used in order to caption the mist in slow motion like that. I like the variation in shades of blue at the top of the photo and then the clouds sweep the eyes downward, following the motion of the mist.

2)   http://500px.com/photo/53223664

   The second photograph is of a mossy rock sticking up out of the surface of the ocean. The forefront of the shot makes my eyes hurt a little looking at it too long because it is very blurry. My eyes want to focus more on the rock that is clear. Looking at the rock, the point of the top of the rock helps for the eyes to follow up the photo and out to the horizon line. Once again, I really like the variation of blues from the sky and down to the water. The blues bring you forward to the rock and then dissipate.

3) http://500px.com/photo/53186784

    The third and last photograph is of a squirrel falling in mid-air about to land on a branch. I like how the tree branch is in the middle of the bottom of the photo and going forward into the picture. I like the capture of light on the squirrel's back. I also like how the colors of the squirrel were captured nicely; his oranges and browns. The background may be a bit too blurred out for my eyes, but I like that the green background is blurred out because if it wasn't, the eye wouldn't be able to focus on the squirrel. Maybe if just the background was blurred and not the tree branch, that would be good.

Photography Final Project

1)  Yellowstone National Park   *Gallery submission     ISO 400   18.1mm   f/8.0   1/1000sec   No Flash

2) Yellowstone National Park           ISO 400    12.8mm    f/8.0    1/320sec    No Flash

3) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 400   6mm    f/2.8    1/1600sec    No Flash

4) Yellowstone National Park     ISO 400    6mm    f/2.8     1/1600sec    No Flash

5) Yellowstone National Park    ISO 400    6mm    f/2.8     1/1600sec     No Flash

6) Yellowstone National Park   ISO 400    6mm    f/2.8    1/320sec    No Flash

7) Yellowstone National Park    ISO 400    6mm    f/2.8    1/1000sec    No Flash

8) Yellowstone National Park     ISO 400    10.3mm    f/4.0    1/250sec     No Flash

9) Yellowstone National Park     ISO 400     6.7mm     f/8.0     1/30sec    No Flash

10) Yellowstone National Park     ISO 400    6mm    f/4.0    1/160sec    No Flash

11) Yellowstone National Park       ISO 400    6mm    f/4.0    1/200sec    No Flash

12) Yellowstone National Park       ISO 400   6mm    f/4.0    1/25sec    No Flash

13) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 400    6mm     f/2.8    1/125sec     No Flash

14) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 400    6mm    f/2.8    1/100sec    No Flash

15) Yellowstone National Park    *Gallery Submission      ISO 400     6mm     f/2.8      0.6sec      No Flash

16) Yellowstone National Park       ISO 200     60mm     f/4.3      1/125sec      No Flash

17) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 80    18.1mm     f/8.0    1/13sec      No Flash

18) Yellowstone National Park           ISO 100    18.1mm     f/8.0     1/10sec    No Flash

19) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 100    10.3mm      f/4.5     1/1000      No Flash

20) Yellowstone National Park         ISO 100    10.3mm    f/6.3     1/500sec     No Flash

21) Yellowstone National Park        ISO 100     8.2mm     f/4.5    1/800sec    No Flash

22) Riverfront Park          ISO 800   11.5mm    f/3.5    1/160sec      No Flash

23) Riverfront Park         ISO 800   60mm    f/4.3    1/160sec    No Flash

24) Yellowstone National Park      ISO 200    60mm    f/4.3     1/250sec    No Flash

25) Yellowstone National Park           ISO 200    60mm     f/4.3      1/1600sec       No Flash

26) Beartooth Mountains           ISO 100     6mm       f/3.5      1/250sec      No Flash

27) Riverfront Park          ISO 800    11.5mm     f/3.5      1/500sec      No Flash

28) Riverfront Park            ISO 800     31.5mm      f/4.0     1/500sec     No Flash

29) Riverfront Park          ISO 800     38.9mm    f/4.0    1/500sec     No Flash

30) Riverfront Park             ISO 100       11.5mm       f/3.5    1/500sec      No Flash

Furry Friends

  I felt like looking up some photos of dogs. Dogs always put me in a good mood. The yawning Golden Retriever makes me smile because of his big pink tongue. The Chocolate lab puppy has a really pretty coat. The Australian Shepard pup has pretty, pale blue eyes. And the last photo of the two pups is fun because the one on the left is sticking his nose in the frame. I think all of these are nice pictures.

Yellowstone River

By Ron Reznick

nationalgeographic.com

livingwilderness.com

By Cindy Goeddel

   Here are some photographs of the Yellowstone River. My favorite is of the bison swimming in the water. 

Some Wolf Photography

Photograph by Scott W. Rouse

  

Photograph by Mukul Soman

Photograph by Joel Sartore

Photograph by Joel Sartore

   I like looking at photography taken of wolves. I wish I was able to capture some of my own. My favorite of these is the second photograph. I like the contrast of the black and white. The white wolf stands out greatly from the background and catches the eye. I have also seen the last photograph of the three wolf pups before. I think it was in a magazine and it was an add for the World Wildlife Fund or some association like that. The advertisement was something like " The three little wolves aren't so terrible," or something along those lines.