30 Pictures

 1/100 sec at f/4.0 ISO 100 75 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6  3/20/15

 1/2000 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/1600 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

1/2000 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

1/3200 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/3200 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

1/4000 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 400 mm EF400mm f/5.6L USM 3/20/15

1/3200 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 135 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/1600 sec at f/ 5.0 ISO 400 150 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/2000 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm 3/20/15

 1/4000 sec at f/ 4.0 ISO 400 80 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

1/500 sec at f/ 5.0 ISO 400 190 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/2500 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

1/1600 sec at f/ 5.0 ISO 400 190 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/80 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 180 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/20/15

 1/200 sec at f/ 20 ISO 800 75 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/200 sec at f/ 29 ISO 640 75mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/800 sec at f/ 11 ISO 100 75 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/640 sec at f/ 9.0 ISO 100 80 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/3200 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 80mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

1/4000 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 80 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/2000 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 130 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/2000 sec at f/ 5.6 ISO 400 300 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/2500 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 120 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/2500 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 75 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/2500 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 75 mm EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 3/21/15

 1/4000 sec at f/5.0 ISO 400 42 mm EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II 3/21/15

 1/1600 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 18 mm EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II 3/21/15

 1/2000 sec at f/ 4.5 ISO 400 29 mm EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II 3/21/15

1/2500 sec at f/4.5 ISO 400 29 mm EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II 3/21/15
All photos taken with Canon EOS Rebel T3

Norhtern Lights

With the northern lights being upgraded to a 72 hour storm, I found a blog that highlights how to best shoot the lights. Tips include a low F stop and a high ISO. Even if I had seen the Northern Lights when I was in Molt, I still would have had bad pictures of them 

http://www.alaskaphotographics.com/blog/how-to-photograph-the-northern-lights-with-a-digital-camera/
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/18/beginning-photographers-guide-photographing-northern-lights/

Photoshop Fails

While editing my pictures, I have made some huge mistakes, but not as huge as some of the pictures found on Photoshop Disasters, a blog dedicated to embarrassing people who not only cant use Photoshop, but have the guts to publish them anyway. http://www.psdisasters.com/

Next Critique

A Sinking Feeling

In anticipation of my upcoming dive trip to the Keys, I found a dive photography blog that, http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/ , that has a few articles that highlight techniques to make underwater shooting much more exciting.



The article I found gave tips to get sunburst shots underwater, such as using a low ISO, a fast shutter speed and a smaller aperture.
 http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/shooting-striking-sunbursts

Extreme Closeup

For my picture taken on Thursday, I took a close up picture of rocks for their unique details.

For this picture, I only allowed the rock with orange moss to appear in color and getting the rest of the rocks to appear in black and white.

Panaramic Photography

I found a blog that has exquisite panoramic pictures. I like these because they are able to include more details than a traditional landscape picture
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/panoramic-photography-30-breathtaking-photos/

5 photos

These pictures where taken in Key West on the beach. For the first picture I cropped the photo to remove some of the water because it was a weird shade of green and brown, and couldnt make it more blue without effecting the sky and building. I made the second picture black and white because the sky was too blown out white and I couldn't correct it without making the water purple. I also cropped the photo down because in the background on the right side there was a cliff drawing focus. The third photo had half a palm tree coming into the top left corner that is now removed. I also increased the lights on the tone curve. The fourth picture had the sky blown out white so I lowered the exposure rating and the whites to increase the blue of the sky and the greenery. For the sunset, i increased the lights and darks on the tone curve so that the water seemed less grey and to increase the vividness of the sunset.

Space Pictures

While talking about long exposure shots and capturing the star trails, I thought about the most famous camera out of this world, the Hubble Telescope. The orbiting lens has captured some of the most awe inspiring pictures of the century. The Hubble Deep Field is one of the most famous pictures that it captured. Taken over ten days in December 1995, this seemingly empty patch of sky yielded over 3000 galaxies. Exposure time varied between 135000 seconds to 350000 seconds.