More Rain...

More Rain..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This was taken at 7.27pm and it is another installment of my "Rain Project" It was raining this evening and i used my camera to try to get individual drops of rain falling. I opened the door to our deck just big enough to get my lens out and keep it dry. I used the flash and it worked better. I tried many Exposure settings and 1/60 was the best for this instance.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash fired, red-eye reduction

Sitting Goose...

Sitting Goose..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Waterford Business Park

I was about 3 feet from the bird. If you blow up the size, you can see water drops on the front of the chest. It looked at me but never got really scared with me that close. I was able to shoot about 5 other pics of the goose.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Warning Me...

Warning Me..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Waterford Business Park

You can see the goose opening its mouth telling me to stay away and not get to close to the babies. I was about 6 feet from them. It would look away and then i would move closer, it would turn and look at me and open its mouth again.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Clematis

Clematis, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Clematis I was fortunate enough that my neighbor let me take these photos of their flower. I saw it yesterday and i thought that it was fake so curiosity was killing me. This is what you get to see. I have several more of the flowers that i might post at a later date.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Clematis Macro

Clematis Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Clematis, Taken in Apature Priority. As up close as i could get and still be a good photo.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Beach at Night...

Beach at Night..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this at Myrtle Beach while were down for cheer comp. I wanted to try Black and White at night so that is how it came out. It is a little grainy because of the high ISO speed. I had never shot a B&W photo at night so this is a first attempt. At the time this photo was taken, i had the camera for about 2 full weeks. It was really cold that night and the wind was really blowing. We stayed at the Embassy Suites @ Kingston Plantation.

Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 3200

Shooting Range...

Well as you might have looked at the last few pictures that were posted and saw that they were of guns. I went with a few friends of mine today to the range and i brought my camera (Sony a200)

They took a complete assortment of guns and pistols. We did not get to fire and of the big guns, only the pistols and that was fine. We do plan to go back at a latter date when the main firing range is open.

I learned that it is really hard to capture pictures like i did in the bright day and i got lucky on what i was able to capture. I have had no formal training with my camera and i love to try anything that i can with it, having said that i was really lucky! The milk carton exploding like it does on several photos is really cool and i see that the camera is fast enough to get it. The only thing was that it did not like the blast from the gun. I would be shooting and when the boom hit it would stop shooting. Very Strange!

I guess that you live and learn. It was really nice of my friends to take me and let me shoot pictures as well as their pistols. We had a good time!



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