Assignment 1: Test Shots

by Colin posted September 4, 2011 category Assignment 1

I was at East Coast Park and I tested a few shallow depth of field shots and experimented with my camera settings.

Shallow Depth Of Field

Food are always good for macro and shallow DOF.

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 28 August, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/50 s

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 28 August, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/40 s

So are nature with plants but too bad Singapore has few beautiful wild flowers so I have to settle with grass and ferns.

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/4000 s

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 35 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/2000 s

I found this (dead?) beetle while I was walking around and decided to make it as one of my objects.

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/4000 s

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 19 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/4000 s

Deep Depth of Field

Trying to capture the many fishing rods at Bedok Jetty

Aperture: f/32
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 17 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/100 s

Aperture: f/32
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/160 s

Long straight paths always make good vanishing lines.

Aperture: f/32
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 38 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Aperture: f/20
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 25 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/15 s

Aperture: f/22
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 17 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/50 s

Aperture: f/25
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 17 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/30 s

Motion Blur

Aperture: f/4
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 17 mm
ISO: 1600
Shutter speed: 1/20 s

Placed the camera on the floor (since I didn’t bring any tripod) and tried to get some motion blur of the cyclists by longer shutter speeds.

Aperture: f/14
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 1/20 s

Aperture: f/32
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/6 s

Aperture: f/32
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 3 September, 2011
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/10 s

Freeze Frame

I was at Suntec City and saw these people walking around the fountain, and I tried to capture this ritual of touching the water. It was a little difficult as people were walking around and round and there was not much space for me to stand. Also, it was hard to choose whether to just capture the hands, or also with the people’s facial expressions. But I like how the fast shutter makes the water look like crystal ice.

Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Taken: 4 September, 2011
Focal length: 47 mm
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/4000 s