Wall and Bucket

Wall and Bucket, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I found this wall with a bucket sitting in front of it. I wondered what was in the bucket after all this time of just sitting there. The aqua paint on the brick wall is starting to come off and expose the red brick color of it. I wonder what this space was used for many years ago...

Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Always Working...

Always Working..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this last week using the Minolta 50mm f/1.7 Prime lens.I has a very shallow Depth Of Field as i used the lens wide open. The light is bright but not blown out. The Bokeh in the background is very nice for a low light photo.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/1.7
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Mother Drinking...

Mother Drinking..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

One in the set taken on the Scott Troy Highway on Saturday Afternoon. I used the Quantaray 70-300mm lens that i own for this set as i was a ways away from the sheep. I love how the little one is looking right at me while i was taking the photo. The lens is really not bad at the f/stop that i am using and it is actually very sharp in this range.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 180 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Hard To Open...

Hard To Open..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I did not need to use the flash for this photo. There was enough light in this area. It looks like the walls were made of red brick and then the doors were burnt during a fire. I love the different colors on the walls and the damage done from the fire...

Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Closed...

Closed..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another photo of the old Pig Stand in Beaumont Texas. I bet this place was really fun to go to at night when it was open. It is from a bi gone era, like the tv show "Happy Days" A calm, more simpler time,something that we will never see again...

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Fire Ball!!! BOOM!!!

Fire Ball!!! BOOM!!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I went with my friends to the shooting range today. They brought all their weapons with them and were ready to shoot some stuff up. I once again got to shoot most if not all of the guns and like last time, got to document all of this all the while trying to catch the elusive muzzle flash. It is much harder then one might think even with a fast camera, timing is EVERYTHING! After about 400 photos and 10 different guns, i hit PAY DIRT!! It was just perfect! Look at the flash!! A ball of FIRE out of his 1954 German made pistol shooting 7.62x25 cartridges. I got many photos with smoke and i saw many flashes but this is the ONLY fireball that was caught!! The range was way out in Goochland County north of I64 West. I have to thank my friends for all their time and letting me shoot with them, expecting nothing in return but my time and fun. They will be missed dearly when i move in another month...


Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

The Sun Is Drawing...You Bumm Looker!

The Sun Is Drawing...You Bumm Looker!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was coming home from the shooting range this evening and i was driving down Old Hundred Road waiting to make the tun onto Watermill Parkway when i saw the sunset. I was amazed and i knew that i had to find somewhere to take a few photos. I sat a field that had a mound of dirt in it and i placed my Tacoma into 4x4 mode and i went to the top of the hill. I grabbed the camera and got onto my step bars and started shooting away! This photo as well as DSC04854, DSC04853, and DSC04850 were taken during this secession. I did not know at the time, but i was able to capture more of "The Sun ID Drawing" phenomena. I think that it really comes out well in the B/W photographs...

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Butterfly Bush...

Butterfly Bush..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I have been waiting for this plant to bloom for all spring. My grandmother called it a Butterfly Bush. I am not exactly sure what it is called. I took this picture today during the early afternoon and it was really hot! I used Apature Priority to get the bloom in sharp focus and everything else blurry. It looks really cool on the rocks and stuff that is under it. I like how it turned out! I think that this technique is called Depth Of Field using the Apature.

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Sun Rays...

Sun Rays..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

We went to the mall today and as we were driving home i made a comment on how the sun was coming through the clouds and how that would make a nice photo. When i got home, it was still occurring so i get my camera and took the shot in B/W where i hoped that it would show up better than in color and it did! I love the contrast that is in this picture.

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Grass Seed Forest?

Grass Seed Forest?, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this today in the front yard of my house. Some of the grass is going to seed and i laid in the yard to get this shot. I brought the grass into sharp focus by adjusting the apature and f/stop. I took it in HD Aspect Ratio to get more of the scene and in B/W for the color contrast.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Korean Memorial at Night

Korean Memorial at Night, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love the Korean War Memorial! It is my favorite on at night. I wish that i will have the time to go and take it with a tripod and get a good night photo. I don't know if that is going to happen. You can tell the pain on their face as they walk in the muck and mud. They just hulk around doing a job...

Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

A Day at the Museum...

A Day at the Museum..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this when we went to the National Museum of Natural History in DC several weeks ago. I love the architecture and the domes in the evening light. It looks like the Grand Central Station that is located in DC as well. The way the shapes join and the colors are very earthly in shade.

Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Inside Out...

Inside Out..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was just messing around with the camera yesterday trying to kill the battery. I took this in my kitchen. It is strange how the window and light shows up but not the wall of much of the table.

Stained - "Outside" But i´m on the outside
I´m looking in
And I can see through you

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Facing West in Downtown St Louis

West Facing St Louis, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is another series that i took while on Spring Break in St Louis. I took all the photos freehand with no tripod I was standing in front of the Old Courthouse when i took this 5 photo series. I took all of the photos with my Sony a200 10.2Megapixel DSLR.

Unopened Bloom... Magnolia Tree 1

Unopened Bloom... Magnolia Tree 1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is a Magnolia Tree bloom that has not opened yet. I have been waiting for it to bloom for about 2 weeks. It is in a house in our neighborhood. The blooms are very pretty and smell wonderful. I love how the sun's light is surrounding the bloom and glistening on the leafs.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Another Old Building...

Another Old Building..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

While i was taking photos of the general store, i turned around and found this building on the opposite corner. It stood out to me by the way that it was all alone, no home near it. You can tell that it is very old due to the unevenness and the slanting of the structure. Perhaps it was a gas station or a post office or some other business. I say that because of the bars on the front windows and the way that the drive comes in front of it. I took it in 16:9 Aspect Ratio to get all of it and the surrounding trees.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Camera Update.

Over the three day weekend i took over 2 gigs of photos. I went to North Carolina on a full charge an shot over 400 photos on one 2 gig card. I can get over 440+ normaly on a 2 giger, but i did lots of RAW format photos and they take lots of room. When i switched cards, i still had over 60% better life left! I was ready for another 400+ but time ran out on us...


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KOA Memorial Day Weekend Vacation!

We went to a KOA Campground in Enfield North Carolina for the Memorial Day Weekend. We did "tent" camping. It was our first attempt at this. We had a good time! They had swimming and other activities for the campers. We got the tent set up on Friday evening and during that night, it rained on us. Were kind of freaked out about this and hoped that we would not be trapped in the tent all the next day. It reined from about 2am till 9.30am and then it cleared off. We were really happy about that. We had a good camp neighbors and did several camp fire sittings with them.

I did lots of photography and learned some new techniques and settings with the camera. I used the EV Bracketing and did lots of Black and White photographs. I did a lot of RAW photos and 16:9 Aspect Ratios as well. I did lots of nature and clous photos using the Bracketing method. With that method, you can make HDR Photos using special software and i will post a few soon.

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Before The Fire...

I took this at 8.46pm. We were going to have a fire in the pit and make Smores. The photo was a 4 second exposure. I like the colors that the deck and the little Citronella flare pots give off onto the side of the house. The fires give off enough light to make the chairs have big shadows on the wall as well. We also have little lights that are bordering the deck that give off neat circular light pattern. I used f/5.6, Iso400 at an 18mm focal length to shoot this photo.

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George Washington Masonic Memorial...

I took these in Alexandria Virginia at the George Washington Masonic Memorial. It is a beautiful structure that towers more than 300 feet into the sky. You can take a tour of the building that has 9 floors. The elevators are tilted in a 7.5 degree angle and start out about 50 feet apart and on the 9th floor are no more than 10 feet between them. You do not notice the angle as you go up. We did not get to see all floors of the building. On the 9th, there is an observation deck that goes around the top; you get a breathtaking view of the surrounding city and Potomac River.

Over the next week, i will post some photos of some of the interior that we were able to tour.


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