Exposure

Below are 2 selected photos I chose to represent for this assignment. However, as it was my 1st time using a SLR camera. I was still figuring out various combinations of shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings.

Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: F10
ISO: 1600

It was around evening time when i reach the Swan Lake in Botanic Gardens. Thus I set the shutter speed to allow more light to be captured. I was trying to capture the 'live' effects of the swans flying but there were some comments pointed out in the class which I find it very true. When the picture was being looked from far, the swans were like 'blending' with the trees in the background making it hard to stand out as a subject of the photo.

Rating for the photo: 5/10 as the overall photo was rather pale when looked from far and the subject of the photo does not stand out distinctive enough.


Shutter speed: 1/1250
Aperture : F6.3
ISO: 800

I like this shot taken near the lake. There seems to be like a 'path' leading somewhere in the center of the picture. In the background, there are mainly trees, like having a sense of exploration into the deep.

Rating of the photo: 6/10 due to the lack of contrast in the picture as mostly are 'green'.



RATINGS OF SOME WORKS I LIKE:
CHONG XU ER SHERYL: http://www.photoblog.com/prinxess/2007/09/02/
I like the style of her dog being photographed. I feel there is some level of contrast like some cold,non-living feel of the drain vs the naive,innocent dog in the foreground.
Rating of the photo: 9/10

LEONG LI XIAN SAMANTHA: http://community.livejournal.com/dicosanostra
Her style of using dolls as subjects in her photographs really amaze me. One work in particular is titled "Uomo di rispetto". The picture speaks a thousand words and really express the mood and ambience to create a 'wow'-effect from the audience.
Rating of the photo: 10/10 (One of the best expressive photo I saw)