Winter Portraits/Editing FUN!

Title: Snowflake
DTP: 12/14/2011, 12:30 PM, Horticulture Gardens at BYU-Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/500 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: A Winter Town
DTP: 12/14/2011, 12:58 PM, Downtown in Rexburg, Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/4000 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Ways to Warm Up
DTP: 12/14/2011, 1:20 PM, The Cocoa Bean in Rexburg, Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/160 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Cocoa Stance
DTP: 12/14/2011-1:30 PM, Parking lot behind The Craze in Rexburg, Idaho
F-Stop: f/5.7
SS: 1/2500 sec
Camera: NIKON 3100

Title: Snowy Path
DTP: 12/14/2011, 12:12 PM, Horticulture Gardens at BYU-Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/1250 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Bitter Cold
DTP: 12/14/2011, 12:13 PM, Horticulture Gardens at BYU-Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/500 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Stop & Stare
DTP: 12/14/2011, 1:17 PM, The Cocoa Bean in Rexburg, Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/160 sec.
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Winter Wall
DTP: 12/14/2011, 1:01 PM, Alley by The Cocoa Bean in Rexburg, Idaho
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/2000 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Double Take (More Photos)

Title: Yellow Cinderella
DTP: 9/24/2011- 4:12 p.m., Horticulture Gardens at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/20 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
DTP: 9/24/2011, 4:00 p.m., Horticulture Gardens at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/3.2
SS: 1/1000 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title: The Bell Rings At Dawn
DTP: 10/15/2011-7:25 a.m., Sky Mountain Ranch in Idaho
F-Stop: f/5.0
SS: 0.5 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: The Couple and the Morning
DTP: 10/15/2011-7:40 a.m., Sky Mountain Ranch in Idaho
F-Stop: f/5.6
SS: 1/15 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title: Bashful Pink
DTP: 11/18/2011-11:17 a.m., The Benson Building at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/9
SS: 1/40 sec
Camera:NIKON D3100

Title: What do you see in your reflection?
DTP: 9/30/2011- 5:42 p.m., the Duck Ponds in Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/40 sec.
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title: Warm Red
DTP: 9/24/2011- 4:08 p.m., Horticulture Gardens at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/160 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title: Cell Flower
DTP: 11/6/2011- 1:27 a.m., Baronnessa Apartments, Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/7.1
SS: 6.0 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Bannack Houses
DTP: 10/20/2011- 3:38 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town in Idaho
F-Stop: f/13
SS: 1/500 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Jocelyn Paige
DTP: 8/21/2011- 3:32 p.m., in Elkhart, KS
F-Stop: f/5.0
SS: 1/125 sec
Camera: NIKON D40X

Title: Summer-Time Drinking Fountain
DTP: 8/21/2011-3:32 p.m., in Elkhart, KS
F-Stop: f/4.8
SS: 1/125 sec
Camera: NIKON D40X

Title: Profile
DTP: 11/12/2011- 12:32 a.m., at Baronnessa Apartments in Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
SS: 4.0 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Shoes
DTP: 11/6/2011- 11:14 p.m., at Baronnessa Apartments in Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
SS: 10.0 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title:White Pop
DTP: 9/24/2011-4:36 p.m., Horticulture Gardens at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/8
SS: 1/80 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Title:Wood Texture
DTP: 10/20/2011- 1:48 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town in Idaho
F-Stop: f/10
SS: 1/4 sec
Camera: NIKON D3100

Title: Yellow Blur
DTP: 9/24/2011-5:42 p.m., Taylor Quad Construction Site at BYU-I
F-Stop: f/3.5
SS: 1/1000 sec
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Contest: Abstract

Title: CAUTION
DTP: 9/24/2011, 5:43 pm, Taylor Quad Construction Site
F-Stop: f/3.5
SS: 1/1500 sec.
Camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS

When I think contrast I think something that makes you think or have to look at it for more than just a glance. I chose this photo because I thought that it did just that. While editing this photo, it was a complete accident how the word Caution turned out in the end. When I flipped it I didn't expect it to be from right to left but still upside down. I thought that it looked really cool when that happened thought so I then adjusted the levels and sharped the overall image in Adobe Photoshop CS5. I then added a mask and deleted the middle so I could create a border around it. I thought that it gave the word Caution a little something to pop from.

I chose this contest for the Photographics Society because I thought that it would be interesting to see what I could come up with. From finding an interesting angle, to searching for the right objects, I had a lot of fun looking for things that I thought would be abstract. I think that the editing process really helped me out in this as well. This was submitted last Thursday November 24, 2011.