Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Fire Hydrant


Nikon D80
Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8
Tiffen Warming Filter
ISO 100
Shutter 1/100
Aperture F1.8

Okay so there are the specs...also, I brightened the red and made it stand out more against the background in PS Elements.

I would like to give a huge thanks to everyone who voted for me in the Black and White Challenge. I was busy all weekend with Church, Family, Friends and Food during Easter. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Also to Dave, my husband was skeptical to when I told him what I wanted to do, and I was even amazed on how great it turned out. Thanks again to everyone!

CC

12 comments:

George and Teri said...

Great Picture Amanda, I love the close up and brightness of the hydrant and all the straw next to it. Very nice shot.

Katy said...

this is so cool... something that no one would ever give a second glance at (unless you're a canine, i guess!) but you made it STAND OUT and look AWESOME!! The grass and straw are wonderful additions to the pic too... great job!

Lindy Lue said...

I love the composition, the straw is a sharp contrast... here is my cc... If you want that red to be RICH you were on the right track with the iso! i think you are just a bit overexposed, meaning block out some more light ~ if you wanted the background fuzzy as it is (which i love) then you were right on with the f stop! you just needed a faster speed to richen the color... or reverse that and kick up your f stop a couple maybe even 5, and then you would have a really evenly exposed shot.

i really like it! good shooting!

Mindy said...

Great picture! Perfect thing to shoot for red!

Brittney said...

I love the weeds in front, it really gives the picture dimension. Nice!

Rachel Holloway said...

Very neat!! Lindy Lue gave you a great rundown! Impressive!! :)Love the blurred background. Beeautiful!

Holly said...

I love the over grown, fall weeds with the red and green. great Picture.

princess jen said...

Great choice of subject matter. I like the contrast of the weeds and the green with the hydrant.

B-Blogit said...

love the simplicity and colors of it are bright but smiple to me! Nice

Melinda said...

I like this. Great representation of red, and I like how the light hit the curves. Also love the background.

Jenny and Travis said...

Great take on red! I love the shapes and focus in this picture too! Good job!

kristine N said...

I love the texture of the uncut grass next to the hydrant. This is a very nice shot.