Autumn Shots (w/ pumpkins!)

[suprspi]

Some shots from this autumn that I particularly like. More on my flickr of course.

First, a my favourite this month. This squirrel (chipmunk?) and I became friends when I was taking pictures of the road. I laid down in the gravel, put the camera in front of me and took shots of him zoomed in to get some DOF effect.



The next is the shot at the place I made friend's with the afore-pictured rodent. The S-curve I was trying to get didn't work out that well, but the shot still makes me happy.



Taking pictures of our pumpkin carving tonight. These I used the IR mode on my camera, then played with contrast and exposure settings to get it the way I wanted it.



Our pumpkin carving group. Timer on 10 sec, then cropped and fiddled to make it a little better. I'm over on the far right. I did the geeky Autobot pumpkin.

[CaptainNH]

What a great series of shots!

I love the composition and DoF in the first.
As a fellow motorcyclist (I assume that's your bike in the mid-ground?) - I appreciate the curves in the second!!
The IR one doesn't do it for me I'm afraid - just not my style.

But you've definitely saved the best until last - the group shot is outstanding. The composition and arrangement of the subjects is great - the expressions on the children's faces is priceless - the vignette works really well.

The only thing I'd like to see is to see it lit by candle (and pumpkin) light.

Thanks for posting these !!

[suprspi]

Thanks for the feedback Neil - and so complimentary.

The first was luck - but luck followed by twenty minutes of laying still in the gravel on the side of the road w/ all my gear on and my helmet.......I guess it isn't just luck.

The curves in the second are pretty nice, it's one of my favourite rides, and this is taken from the series I did of my last ride this year on Oct 11th. (The bike in question is a baby ninja, ZZR-250)

I did a few of the pumpkins, I'll probably post another similiar to the IR shot that is lit by pumpkin glow - the feel of the IR one though I liked. (I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea.)

Thanks for the compliments on the last one. I did it with the camera balanced on a chairback w/ the 10 sec timer on and prefocused. I ran to join the group - but it did work out nicely after a crop and straighten, some vignettes and some vibrance/saturation tweaking with some warmth to make up for my white balance which was a bit off.

It did turn out good, looking back at it - thanks for calling my attention to it - in my mind it was just a quick shot of us all who did pumpkins - but the overall photo is actually pretty good itself.

[SoxAddict]

I agree, a great series! Love the chipmunk, he looks very curious as to your existence! Great group shot too, I love it.

[suprspi]

Thanks sox. Glad you enjoyed these.

I think the chipmunk was curious because I was wearing a helmet and all my riding gear and laying down in the gravel to photograph him....I must have looked very wierd!

[runpasthefence]

Sick Autopumpkin!

[suprspi]

Thanks!

My buddy Norm did a Thundercats! pumpkin as well. They're just etched into the pumpkin instead of cut through, so they're holding up pretty well.

[leonaashlee]

Nice shots. Love the chippy...cute shot.

[suprspi]

Thanks!

I'm really happy with how he turned out, I had just enough DOF to get him all in focus - a lucky accident more than anything.