Harvesting Corn...

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

DSC00132: Boom!

DSC00132: Boom!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another firework explosion from the 2008 Balloon Glow held in Forest Park located in St Louis MO.

Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08949: The Dance

DSC08949: The Dance, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is my second attempt at taking a "portrait" type photograph. I did several in color which i was not very happy with, and more in B/W on Saturday of my daughter and her friend.

It was "Homecoming" dance night in our town so we made our daughter suffer through several photograph of her and her friend.

She suffered and complained but i took many photos of her because me and the wife wanted to and it was good practice for me.

I think that this is an incredible photo of her and i really love the way it turned out. I used the Minolta 35-105 for this photo and a "Back Flash" for the photo outside.

Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08826: Split Personna 1.1

DSC08826: Split Personna 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is a wider view of the field located off of Millburn School road close to HWY 159. The urban scenery and the rural setting makes for a very stark contrast that we do not live in a very big world anymore.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200

DSC08838: Soybean

DSC08838: Soybean, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is of a Soybean that is ready for harvest. I had never seen what they looked like in nature. They do not look like much. If i did not know better, i would have said that they look like a dried weed near the ditch i had to cross to get this photo.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Vacant Field...

Vacant Field..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

As i was driving home on Millburn School Road today i saw a field that i have driven by many times. I looked and just happened to have my camera today so i got out and took several photos. I then decided to take a series going from left to right to make this panorama creation. To me, this photo symbolizes the Autumn is upon us.

I used my Minolta 35-105mm lens to take the initial series of photos. I could have cropped the photo to give it nice straight lines but i wanted for people to get the whole photo, not just a portion of it. So many photos that we look at are nice and neat, cropped to *perfection* and processed to the Nth degree. I wanted people to feel the rawness of this photo and also the beauty of it!

DSC00036: Fireworks

DSC00036: Fireworks 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Manual Mode
Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
No Tir-Pod, Hand held.