Drop of water

[ejs0035]

Hi...I was in the cemetry today taking photos for the weekly assignment when I saw the dripping tap..my children were using the water to clean a family grave, and had not turned it off properly so I decided to try and take a photo of the drops...no tripod just me balanced and crouched lol..think it came out quite well so i wanted to show it off (Im a newby) took it just in time as you can see by my daughters hand closing it properly



Nikon D3000
1/200
F10
ISO 100
55mm

[jpitz31]

Nice composition, I like the concept. One of the nice things about photography and cameras is that there are so many adjustments you can use to your creative advantage when shooting images. Before you press the shutter give some thought to what you want in your image.

For example notice the water drops, You were shooting at a shutter speed of 1/200. If you shot with a faster shutter speed you could if you wanted, stop the water drops with no blur. Or you could shoot with a slower shutter speed to blur the water drops even more.

This is the excitement of using photography as an art. Do not be afraid to take the camera off of the automatic settings and experiment with the aperture and shutter speed to get the results that you want. This process will also open your eyes more to what is happening in the images that you take, and put you in better control creating art with your camera.

Also this goes with creative focus. Look at that little thumb. It looks a bit out of focus. You can pick your point of focus and depth of field and control the look and feel of the image that you want. Part of learning photography is learning to see what the camera is seeing. The human eye does not see what the camera sees. When you can pre-visualize what the camera is seeing this will make you a better photographer.

Thanks

Joe

[ejs0035]

Thanks for tips Joe, I still have so much to learn, have read quite a bit about shutter speeds and Aperture settings, just need to put it all to practise now!! -

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