Project 365 - Doing It Manually

As you no doubt recall, I am embarking on a new project. Called a 365 Project, the object of the exercise is to shoot new photographs every day. With most projects, they tend to follow a theme. Mine is a little different, in that I want to use the project for two purposes:

1) to make the basic techniques of photography second nature

2) to allow me to spend more time thinking about composition than technique

With out further ado, here's my first day's offerings:

This is Sandy. She doesn't seem too impressed. It's a simple shot, using my wide-angle lens, using her eyes as the focal point.

This is also Sandy. You can see Annie in the background.

 

 

This is Pat's beautiful Christmas Cactus, in full bloom, enjoying a sunny window. The following shots are "macro-style" - the best I can do without an actual macro lense.

Here is a bud, as seen almost in the centre of the photograph above. You can see the extremely narrow depth of field. The only way to get the whole bulb in focus is to use a post-processing method called "focus stacking". I don't like to do much in post, as it seems to be "cheating" to me...

Here's the same bulb, from the other side. I managed to capture a little more detail of the forming petals in the bulb.

Here is a photo of the stamen of the flower. You can't really make it out on the first picture, as it is so tiny. I took this using a 24mm extension tube in front of my 40mm prime lens.

 

And that's the end of my first day's offering. I hope you continue to check in regularly on my 365 Project. Hopefully, you'll see some improvement !

 

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