Fungus Amongus

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f5.6, ISO 200, 1/125 sec

I took Amy-Rose King's advice. Awesome Photoshop tips!

Flowers

I took these pictures in my parents' garden:

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f3.2, ISO 100, 1/200 sec

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f3.2, ISO 100, 1/200 sec

I really want a Macro Lens.

I love my parents' garden. They really put a lot of work into it and I've taken about a thousand pictures of it. I'm really going to miss it when I move out to Colorado and I'm really going to miss my family. My parents have always been extremely supportive. In fact, when I said that I was interested in photography they offered to pay for half of my camera for me. I probably wouldn't have my camera or this blog if it wasn't for them!

They've always been there for me. Thanks Mom and Pops!

Awesome blog with awesome pictures

I found another really good blog. Amy-Rose King is a portrait photographer and takes amazing photos. She posted on the digital photography school forum and had a link to her site.

Check out her Photoshop Secrets section. There are a lot of helpful tips there.

Random Cabin Pictures!

These are some random pictures I took at the cabin last weekend.

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f1.8, ISO 100, 1/125 sec

I was really intrigued by this pot. I really liked the way the red-orange color of the rust contrasted with the dark blues and grays toward the top. The shiny metal handle also stands out from the dark blue of the pot.

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f1.6, ISO 100, 1/50 sec

Take a look at the inside of the pot in the above pictures as well as the rust flaking off of the old rim in the picture below. I thought the rust in these pictures created some really interesting textures.

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II at f1.8, ISO 100, 1/2500 sec

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 at f22, ISO 100, 4 sec

I took these pictures using my circular polarizer filter to get rid of some of the glare in the water and also to allow for a longer exposure time (which is what I needed to get the nice blur effect from the water fall).

Shot Details: Canon Rebel XT with a Canon EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 at f29, ISO 100, 3.2 sec

I was going to make this picture black and white...but I decided that the detail from the rocks and dirt looked better in color.