Sunday, August 7, 2011

Exposure Basics- Part II

I finally got to taking pictures of the kitchen with my new camera.   A few minutes into it, I realized that it was a good place for me to practice playing with ISO settings, aperture, and shutter speed.   All of the photos below are straight out of the camera.



ISO 400, 29mm, f/9.0, 1/6 sec

ISO 400, 29 mm, f/9.0, 1/5 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 1 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 1 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 1.3 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 1.6 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/8 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/6.3, 1/15 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/6.3, 1/15 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 0.6 sec
ISO 400, 32 mm, f/11, 0.5 sec
ISO 400, 18 mm, f/11, 1/4 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/11, 1/4 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/7.1, 1/10 sec
ISO 400, 18 mm, f/9.0, 1/5 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/16.0, 0.6 sec

ISO 400, 18 mm, f/22, 1.6 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/5 sec

ISO 800, 18 mm, f/5.6, 1/15 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/6.3, 1/15sec
ISO 400, 18mm, f/22, 1.0 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/22, 0.8 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/6 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/5 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/5 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/5 sec

ISO 500, 18mm, f/6.3, 1/15 sec

ISO 450, 18 mm, f/6.3, 1/15 sec

ISO 500, 18mm, f/6.3, 1/15 sec
ISO 400, 18mm, f/22, 0.8 sec

ISO 400, 18mm, f/11, 1/6 sec

From all that, I learned that an aperture of f/7 to f/11 with the 18mm focal length generally worked best for taking photos of my kitchen when there is natural light.  Any larger (lower f-stop number), and it isn't focused.  When the aperture is smaller (higher f-stop number), the shutter speed slows down and the photo is blurry.

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