Thursday, April 10, 2008

Busy Bee...


Busy Bee..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this photo in a neighbors yard and i saw a Bee in on a flower. I took several more shots of the bee.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Camera Stuff...



















It has been close to a month since i bought the Sony a200 DSLR. I LOVE IT!! I try to shoot about 10-15 photos a day depending on the weather and what i am try to do at that time. I try to learn something different and practice that function when i use the camera. This does not presuppose that i do not still use the 51.1Megapixel Sony Cybershot DSC-H1 camera or my Cellphone Cam. I use them all. Sometimes i shoot a pic with the Cybershot and them i will try to duplicate it with the a200. Other times like today, i did a photo with he a200 and then with the cam phone. It is really fun to use all of them because i can do so much with them all.

It is strange switching between them as the a200 weighs more and is physically bigger than the DSC-H1. The a200 uses the Eye Range Finder and has all the information on a display that you can see, no point and shoot stuff. You can see the photo on the big LCD screen on the back with all the EXIF data on it. The DSC-H1 has all this data on the LCD screen as well but unlike the a200, you see the image in real time and can use it to shoot the photo. My cam phone does not include the EXIF data in the picture it takes, that kind of sucks, but what do you expect, it is only a phone. It does take good pictures for a 1.3Megapixel camera as i have gotten lots of comments about the quality. In fact, i have a sunset photo that a local artist is going to make a painting of for me! It is the most Lo-Fi camera that i own and people have made more comments about it!

Well i will keep posting photos and i hope that all of you keep looking and reading about them.
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Late Evening Sky...


Late Evening Sky..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this before we went to the gym. The sky had really deep reds and orange in it.

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 250

Lo-Fi Yello Tulip

Taken with my LGVX8600 phone.
From RMStringer

Yellow Tulip...


Yellow Tulip..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I have been watching this tulip for several days and waiting for it to open up. See how the black contrasts with the bright yellow?

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

What I am reading...

Taken with my LGVX8600 phone.
From RMStringer

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

More Mike Gentilcore's BMX Pics...











These are photos of Mike doing a "Bunny Hop" over a shoe box standing on end with another one set on top of it. They were also taken on Saturday, April 8, 2008 during the afternoon.

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More Drops Of Rain...


More Drops Of Rain..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took several of the Lillies off the back desk at our home. I used the flash for this photo. It is a little bright but i guess that i would be this bright if the sun had been out.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash fired, red-eye reduction

The Cult - Rain

1985...This remindes me of Rhinestones in Beaumont and K106fm. They played live from the clubs there and also from Starz in Vinton Louisiana.

The Cult's - She Sells Sanctuary

1985 at its best!! What an album "Love"

Marcy Playground - Saint Joe on the Schoolbus

This is a great track. Has a real Nirvana feel to it...

Random Artistic Shots 3


Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took these at different places around St Louis. See the reflection of The Old Courthouse in the building?

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Random Artistic Shots 2


Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is inside the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St Louis. The building is very ornate. If you see, it is over 3 stories to the top from the level that i was on.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 160

Random Artistic Shots 1


Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took these at different places around St Louis. This is a HD Aspect 16:9 photo of the rotunda of The Old Courthouse. I laid on my back to get this pic.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 800

Monday, April 07, 2008

BMX Pro Racer and a friend of mine.



























Mike is a friend of mine. He is the oldest Professional BMX rider in the USA. He was down in
Midlothian visiting Mark, his brother-in-law for his birthday. Mark and Mike set up some stunts on the road and i shot 440 photographs using my Sony a200 10.2Megapixel SLR to get action shots.

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Rose...New Spring Growth


Rose...New Spring Growth, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I love the color in the plant. It was shot at a high ISO speed(3200) but there is not a lot of noise in the photo. The flash was a little bright on this pic, but the sun was not out.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash fired, red-eye reduction

Azalea in Spring...


Azalea in Spring..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200
One of my Azaleas in my backyard that is blooming. I wanted to get the cluster of blooms. It was no light this afternoon and was really cloudy, no sun was out.

Rain on a lilly...


Rain on a lilly..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this today. I thought that the rain drops were really cool on the blade.I used the MACRO mode on my cam. I focused in on the drops and let everything else be out of focus.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Motion Blur Pics.3


Motion Blur Pics..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

These were images that i took while i was in St Louis. It was fun just trying our different settings on the A200. I set the cam to 3 second exposure and i was in a car heading West on I64. You can see the Arch in the pic. It looks really neat.

Exposure: 3.2 sec (16/5)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Motion Blur Pics.2


Motion Blur Pics..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

These were images that i took while i was in St Louis. It was fun just trying our different settings on the A200. I set the cam to 5 second exposure and i was in a car heading West on I64. This was taken in a curve.

Exposure: 5 sec (5)
Aperture: f/32
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 3200