Week 6 saved images JPG vs RAW

jpg file vs raw image

10/23/2014 9:01 AM

JPG

NEF

Same shot- saved as both JPG and RAW images

F-stop   f/11

Exposure time  1/125 sec

ISO speed  ISO-112

Focal length  18mm

White balance   Auto

post process JPG

post process NEF

Same shot as above with same post process adjustments

Brightness  14

Contrast  12

Saturation   2

Sharpness  6

conclusion-  the raw image has much more information and truer colors

Week 5 capturing a beautiful sky

Capturing a beautiful sky

10/5/2014  8:05 AM

Original photo -goal to capture sky colors

f-stop              f/10

Exposure time 1/60 sec

ISO speed        ISO-400

Focal Length   18mm

Post process

Masked sky

trees and foreground

Brightness    16

Contrast        9

Sharpness      5

Week 4 focusing on the best balance

If you don't like the lighting, wait 30 minutes.

Wednesday 10/8/2014  9:35 AM

This morning at 8:00 it was over cast and grey.  I was setting up to shoot with flat light and went on line to check out some information.  By the time I answered the phone a few times it was going on 9:00 and the skies had cleared.  so today I played around with aperture, shutter speed and ISO to find the best balance between the sky and the front of the tree.

f/11  1/125  ISO-200 

post process brightness +2  sharpness +7

week 3- Too many distractions

Wednesday 10/1/2014 8:47 AM

A busy day around the grand tree- many walkers out, a couple of deer and loads of cars. 

I managed to take a few shots and then the landscape company parked it's truck and trailer directly in front of the tree and unloaded their bobcat.

Later in the  evening the sun was setting behind the tree providing interesting lighting, so I ran out only to find the street lined with cars!

Week 2 Autumn has Arrived

Week 2  Autumn has Arrived

Monday September 22 was the official start of Autumn and the Legacy Park grand tree has taken it's que to prepare for  Winter. Nothing remarkable about the Wednesday shot it is nice crisp and clean.  I did notice of Friday that a small section of leaves had become inpatient and changed color.  If you look on the Wednesday shot you can see the ares is slightly more yellow that the rest of the tree. 

What a difference 2 days can make.

I  like to see the variance in color time of day, and light conditions create.

9/24/2014  8:45 AM

9/26/2014 4:00 PM

Week 1 getting started

Legacy Park has a wonderful big tree that I love

The goal for this blog is to photograph the tree from a set location each week for 1 year. 

The photograph will be taken each Wednesday morning between 8-9 am EST.

I am shooting with a Nikon D7000 DSLR and a Nikon  af-s dx nikkor 18-105mm lens.

The camera is on a window mount hanging from the 2nd story bedroom window.

Scene setting

Auto focus with remote shutter release

ISO 200

 Image quality JPEG fine

Image size Large 4928 X 3264; 16.1 M

post process in XARA Designer Pro

9/17/2014 

notes: Lighting was changing from shot to shot. Aperture setting attempts were all over exposed (not shown).