Tinkering with the 50mm lens

Laying on the driveway to catch the sun flare just where I wanted it.
F6.3 1/160 ISO 320



 

Den window
F2.2 1/60 ISO 100

Den door
F2.2 1/50 ISO 250

Layed on the floor holding a fan in front of a light
F2.8 1/160 ISO 320

#17 Anything Christmas - natural light

 

Baby, its cold outside! 

SS 1/15, F4.0, ISO 500, 51mm (24-70mm)
The Christmas parade in Chelsea was
Friday night, it was a chilly 18 degrees...brrrrr!

 

 

 

SS 1/50, f2.8, ISO 500, 51mm (24-70mm)
And of course Santa was there too!

 

 

 

SS 1.3, f6.3, ISO 500, 44mm (24-70)
My neighbors home - so pretty!

 

 

 

SS 1/20, f4.5, ISO 160, 52mm (24-70)
This was the hardest photo of all to take, it was grey and overcast 
and I took a pic every hour until I finally had enough good light.

 

 

 

SS 1/50, f4.5, ISO 160, 52mm (24-70mm)
Downtown Plymouth had lots of decorated trees in the town
square decorated by local businesses. I know it's blown out
on the right side of the acorn, but oh well.

 

 

 

SS 1/80, f4.5, ISO 160, 31mm (24-70mm)
Another tree downtown Plymouth and yes, that's my reflection in the bulb 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#16 Books

Every little stack of books tells another story.



Books sitting at the side of my chair
50mm, 1/80, f4.5, ISO 320



Books in the cubby hole, left/read, right/to be read
50mm, 1/60, f1.8, ISO 250



Used books patiently sitting on the table at the
second hand book shop waiting for their next reader
50mm  1/60, f2.2, ISO 400 

 

Symmetry
50mm  1/60, f2.2, ISO 400

 

Playing with light, my assistant held the flashlight (begrudgingly)
50mm, 1/800, f10, ISO 400

 



Light play II
50mm, 1/15, f2.0, ISO 800

 

Light play III
50mm, 0.4, f2.0, ISO 640

 

 

 

 

 

# 15 Water Drops

 

Wow, talk about a challenge! 

 

Lens - 50 mm
It was a dreary day and the lighting was bad, so black and white it is!

Lens 18-200mm
I'm guessing I took over 70 shots and this is the best, and it's soft. 
I placed a red washcloth in the bottom of the pan to give the red effect.
I need much more practice on this technique, but not anytime soon - I'm so over it!





Lens 24-70mm
Taken from the inside of my car looking out .

Lens 18-200mm
In one of the gazillion YourTube videos I watched they said to set the white balance
to Kalvin and put it to the lowest number to make the water look blue - and it worked.

Lens 50mm
Technically everything is wrong with this pic, yet it still pulls me in.
 

Lens 50mm
Hey look, another flower!

 



 

#14 Motion

SS 0.6 sec / F6.3 / ISO 640

SS 1/15 / F22 / ISO1000

SS 1/25 / F2.8 / ISO 500

 

Well, I had great visions in my mind, but translating them to photos was entirely another story! I definitely need to practice this, it's not as easy as it sounds.

#13 - Still Life

Vino & Fruit - Outdoors
50mm lens

Vino & Fruit - Indoors
50mm lens

This was much harder than I thought, and I know I didn't put enough time into it,
but it was so frustrating!  And the more wine I drank, the less I cared!

#12 Food

This makes me laugh every time I look at it, and this is the best of about 20 shots,
 and I won't even post the others they are so dismal!  
Who knew this would be such a hard assignment!!

#11 Halloween (boo!)

Are you hungry for an eyeball?
All photos with 50mm lens

Very scary lawn ornaments!

Halloween pumpkins

Pumpkin with a lovey hair-do

#10 - Points Of Interest In Our Yard

Front yard in the morning
Lens 18-200 @ 18mm ~ SS 1/200 ~ F-9 ~ ISO 100



Last flower on the plant
Lens 24-70 @ 70mm ~ SS 1/25 ~ F 5.6 ~ ISO 100




Prairie grass in the driveway
50mm ~ SS 1/80 ~ F 5.6 ~ ISO 640

Berry bush by the front  porch
50mm ~ SS 1/25 ~ F 4.5 ~ ISO 640




#9 Autumn Beauty

Tunnel of Trees
Lens 17-50mm @ 50mm ~ F6.3 ~ SS 1/60 ~ ISO 1000



Little Pumpkins Sitting In A Row (this is a dentist office)
Lens 50mm ~ F7.1 ~ SS 1/250 ~ ISO 200

Four Colorful Trees In A Row
Lens 24-70mm @ 24mm ~ F11 ~ SS 1/320 ~ ISO 500

#8 End of Summer

Ah, another beautiful Michigan summer coming to an end.  Here are a few things that remind me of the end of summer.

                             Juicy Michigan grown tomatoes are enjoyed at the end of summer.

Lens 17-50mm - 21mm / F4.5 / SS 1/80 / ISO 200

 

 



An empty beach at the end of summer. It was drizzling when I was there and it was so quiet,
I sat on the picnic table with my umbrella and just took the whole scene in for a few minutes.

Lens 18-200mm - 18mm / F10 / SS1/250 / ISO 200

 

 

Wearing warmer clothes to golf at the end of summer.

Lens 17-50mm - 25mm / F4.5 / SS1/80 / ISO 200

 

 

The marina was full with boats getting winterized at the end of summer.

Lens 17-50mm - 28mm / F4.5 / SS 1/500 / ISO 200

 

 

The last geranium bud on the deck at the end of summer.

Interesting concept - take off your 50mm lens and turn it

around and hand hold it in place to take a pic.

It has a very shallow depth of field.

No readings since the lens wasn't connected to the camera.

#7 Church Doors (9/12/13)

Okay, I admit I got caught up in the beauty of church doors and started scouting around downtown Ann Arbor, and Dexter (Chelsea had no pretty church doors, can you believe it?).

St Joseph Catholic Church, Dexter, MI

 

 

 

St Andrew Episcopal Church, Ann Arbor

 

 

 

St. Andrew's bell tower - it was so unique and endearing

 

 

 

 

St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Ann Arbor

 

 

 

 

St Paul Lutheran, Ann Arbor

 

 

 

and let us not forget the road less traveled leads to...