FIN 247 Unit 3 – Nikki Learns to Art!

March 11, 12, 13

Top Picks March 11, 12, 13

**ISO100 / Shutter Speed 1/160/ Aperture: 5.6**

#1 Pick

I mostly edited this in Photoshop. I took out an ugly white bucket and made the left “eye” a little more fiery. In LRC I brightened up the white ash a nd smoke a bit

#2 Pick

*In photoshop, I straightened the photo. In LR, I sharpened it, and saturated the red more, which made the grey parts of the wood look more blue, and I liked it.*

#3 Pick

*I increased the highlights and the whites, and decreased the shadows. This is my dog in his crate in the car, looking like he is in jail somewhere!*

March 14, 15, 16

March 14, 15, 16 Top Picks

#1 Pick

*I edited this photo slighlty-cropped in Photoshop, and adjusted for clarity and vibrance in LRC. I love my reflection in the beads, but it wasn’t done on purpose!*

#2 Pick

March 17, 18, 19

March 17, 18, 19 Top Picks

#1 Pick

I am trying to get better close up pics, not sure about lighting settings.
**ISO 800 / Shutter Speed 1/50 / Aperture: f5.6**

#2 Pick

I cropped this photo and adjusted the color but didn’t quite get the colors I wanted. But the photo is sweet!

**ISO 800 / Shutter Speed 1/30 Aperture: f/5.0** **I added the vignette because this sweet mouse on my window ledge looks like she is in heaven with her piece of cheese….**

#3 Pick

I edited this photo by increasing exposure, brightening up the shadows, and clarity. It was a very dark day.

March 20, 21, 22

March 20,21,22 Top Picks

*I edited this in photoshop (quite badly) to get rid of the red strips of tape. I used the patch tool as I have been having trouble with the clone tool, it just seems to be painting dark areas?* It was originally my top pick, however, after I edited the shovel I liked it more

#1 Pick

**ISO 800 / Shutter Speed 1/60/ Aperture: f 7.1**

March 23, 24, 25

I went straight out after class to retake some of the same subjects. I took many photos of a limited number of things, which worked well for learning.

March 24 Top Picks

#1 Pick

#2 Pick

#3 Pick

#4 Pick

March 25, 26, 27

One night a friend helped me take a ton of photos of the moon. She really helped me alot! We had very very slow shutter speeds. The bad thing was, when I looked at them the next day I could see they weren’t focused! I had manual focus switched on my camera. 🙂

March 25 Top Picks

#1 Pick

I chose this photo because it was the best in a series of really messed up photos! However, I did learn to check my camera first, and learned a little more about the exposure triangle. The photo was taken at: .5 sec at f29 with an ISO of 3200. I made adjustments o exposure, lights,and clarity, but I couldn’t get it less noisy, it would just blur into itself.

March 26 Top Picks

#1 Pick

I changed this photo to black and white and developed it for exposure and lightened the whites. It wasn’t well focused, but the black and white looks interesting to me because it really looks like an old photo. 1/160 f7.1 ISO 400

March 27 Top Picks

#1 Pick

1/13 F25 ISO 200. The only edit I did to this photo was crop out a slice at the bottom to make for better composition. I am going to try and take this photo again.

#2 Pick

March 28, 29, 30

March 30 Top Picks

Today, I took 39 photos of only 2 subjects, so that I could keep trying and trying until I could get a good photo. Both photos were taken while sitting on the ground. I am trying to figure out the difference between camera shake and poor focus. These were all taken today in manual, I have been shooting in aperture priority.

#1 Pick

#2 Pick

1/100 f6.3 ISO 800 – Edited for some spot removal, and some clarity and colour

Final Two Shoots

On March 31 and April 5 I took 2 final shoots to give me some more choice for my “Final 21”. This process gave me 4 shots, so I was able to remove 2 jpeg shots (the Fairy and the Sign on my house) and one shot that was underexposed (Joat shot) and from there I added and subtracted until I was happy with the collection.

March 31 Top Pick

April 5

April 5 Top Picks

#1 Pick

**ISO 200 / Shutter Speed 1/500 / Aperture: f 7.1**

#2 Pick

**ISO 200/ Shutter Speed 1/800/ Aperture: 7.1**

#3 Pick

Final 21 Days Powerpoint Presentation:

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Final Editing/Post Production

Once I had my selections for the 21 days, I then went back and cropped (almost all) to 16:9 ratio. I also made some final editing changes, I really noticed that as time went on I could understand more of what I was seeing, and therefore, my editing needed to change.

Here are my final shots and edits: