Wednesday, July 27, 2005

broke several minor rules

Maybe this is a weak example of rule-breaking, but it's one of my best shots from today. It is a centered subject, taken at 12:28 PM on a sunny day, and without looking through the view-finders. Also, the bee's eyes aren't shown.

To compensate for the mid-day sun, I underexposed the shot by 1 stop. I held the camera low in the thistle patch at arm's length (It sure beat laying down in the thistles in the 95 degree heat - imagine the itchy sweaty rest of the day back in the office!), and took 3 shots. This was the best of the bunch, and it's uncropped.

While these rule violations don't seem terribly right-brained/creative, it's still a decently nice shot. Maybe tomorrow I can assault some serious principles. If not for our learning efforts here, I wouldn't have gone for this walk to take photos in the mid-day sun.