Posts Tagged ‘sunset’
The Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Miami’s Agricultural Areas
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Wondering where you could shoot pictures related to farm work, agriculture, and livestock in great weather at just about any time throughout the year? Look no further than Miami’s agricultural areas!
Southwest Miami-Dade County hosts a thriving agricultural community. During the proper season, you can find fresh strawberries, tomatoes, avocados and many other fruit and vegetables being grown in south Florida. With a little time before heading home, I stopped to take some pictures of things and places that many people don’t get to see or enjoy down here. Most Miami visitors do not know that driving west is not only to get to the Everglades, but it can afford visitors the opportunity to take some incredible pictures.
Horses, birds, plants, and other animals are plentiful in this area. In fact, I am planning on heading back out there soon to find the wild peacocks that I saw. Unfortunately, they were spooked off and I was unable to capture any of them with my camera. Most people probably didn’t think of farm or agriculture pictures when mentioning Miami, but now you can keep this in mind if you are contemplating a certain theme for a photo series. Most areas are accessible via paved and unpaved roadways which provide a great backdrop to frame your shots.
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Capturing the Moment
Monday, January 5th, 2009
As I was driving home today, I couldn’t help but notice the light coming off of the lake near the boat ramp I drive by just about daily. With my camera in the seat next to me, I simply stopped, rolled down my window and snapped away.
Since I am still learning what to set for ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and all those fancy controls, I simply sat there and kept changing things on the manual settings until I felt I captured enough to capture the moment the right way.
To get this picture in the right balance (in my eye at least), I ended up selecting the one that looked best on my computer. It was set to 1600 ISO, f/5.0 at 1/25 with a focal length of 46mm. The flash did not fire and after tweaking the exposure slightly in iPhoto, the result is rather surprising.
Another reason that I call this “capturing the moment” is because when I took a look at my Flickr account today, I noticed that there was a picture of mine that had gotten a lot of attention. I captured that moment quite by accident and used everything in automatic mode. Since it got so much attention, I posted it to more Flickr groups and invite you to see it here. Your comments are always welcome here – I would love to hear your thoughts and what you think would make the next shot just that much better! Someone asked via Twitter what camera I was using… It is the Canon Digital Rebel XSi kit for now.
