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Rain rain go away...

The subjects of this photo would be the wind chime and the rain. I like that the rain is moving and the bottom of the wind chime is blurry, and the top is in focus. I also like it better in black and white because the color of the sky was kind of blah.

The main subject of this photo would be the bird feeder. It was right after it rained and the sun came out and I love the water droplets on it and it's kind of foggy on the inside. I also like how the colors are bright and the grass actually looks super green.

This is a picture of the rain hitting the ground hard. I like that you can see some drops hitting it right at the time the picture was taken. I don't know what it is, but there is something right in the shot and it makes it kind of blurry. I wish that could have been avoided.

Arboretum

I like this picture of this tree with spots on it because it is in focus, and the background isn't. The colors are also great. 

This picture took a lot of tries to get the water drops in focus. I like the way the light is hitting it.

I like this picture because of the shadows.

I like this picture because it is clear and in focus, and I like the shadows it is making on itself.

When we went on this walk, I looked for interesting shots that other people might not see. I looked for shadows, interesting patterns, and good lighting. I think it turned out very successful and I will probably go to the arboretum to take pictures again!

Land of the Giants

For this assignment, I decided to put myself on a trophy. I like it because I think I did a good job getting the light to hit me and the trophy at the same angle. Also, I didn't have to make myself too small for the picture to work. There is something about it that seems off, but otherwise I  am pretty satisfied with the outcome.

Light & Shadow

This is some tangled up wire with its shadow on a piece of tin. I really did not think this picture was any good, until I turned it to black and white. Now I actually really like it and the way it's clear up front and the background is blurred out. 

This picture could have been better if I had taken different shots of it and gotten it more clear. I do like the angle I took the picture combined with the way the light is coming from for the shadows. I don't even know what to say this is a picture of really, but I took it because of the shadows!

This was a bolt that was just sticking out of our old barn. It could have been better if the shadow was more defined. I like it a lot better in black and white. I think the angle I took the picture was good and the top of the bolt is in focus, and nothing else because nothing else is really important.

Alphabet

This assignment was interesting. I liked it because it is something different, but it seemed like the only days I actually had free time to go and look for pictures were rainy and cold days. The M and the P are probably my favorites, just because they were some of the harder ones to find and when I found them I thought they were just perfect!

Abandoned

I really like this picture because I think there is good lighting and I like the green in it.  The rust also makes it look cool I think, and the shadows. I'm not quite sure what it is though...but I found it in a pile of junk so I figured it could go as abandoned.

Whenever I see boards like this, I just wonder where they came from. I don't understand why there are boards with nails half in them laying in my backyard. I really like the depth of field in this picture though, and the colors.

This was a big ball of wire that I found. This picture was actually an accident, I didn't even try to set the focus where it is, but I loved how it turned out! It was also a hard decision between whether to leave it in color, or black and white. I decided to leave it in color because I think the rust helps to make it seem more abandoned.

I like the lighting in this shot, and how a jar is halfway stuck into the ground and there is a bunch of straw around it. This picture definitely looks a lot better in black and white than with the blah colors that were in it.

It is hard to tell how this photo shows abandonment at first. I focused on a chunk of cement at the end of a barn we burned down a while ago. If you look at the background, you can see the walls of the barn and moss that is growing in the bottom. I actually really like how the focus of this picture turned out.

This assignment was overall pretty easy for me, because my backyard happens to double as a junkyard.

Cuhhhlaireee.

Some of the photos that came out of the photo shoot with Claire! She's so beautifullllllll :)