Depth of Field

Narrow Depth of Field

Shutter: 1/60, Aperture: f/4.5, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 8.8mm, ISO Speed: 250

I took this photo because I like looking at water.  It took me over five tries to get this right, which was frustrating, but eventually it worked out.  To be honest, I am happy with the outcome of the photo and I wouldn't retake it.  The only difficulty I had with this photo was getting the timing just right, which I found out had to be right as I dropped the rock into the water. 

Rule of Thirds

Shutter: 1/30, Aperture: f/3.9, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 6.7mm, ISO Speed: 200

Shutter: 1/30, Aperture: f/3.4, Max Aperture: f/3.2, Focal Length: 5.1mm, ISO Speed: 400

Both of these photos are of my dog, Dalilah.  She's my pride and joy and I really love her.  She's got such character, which is captured nicely in each of these photos.  In the first, it was around seven at night, the first day it began to get cold and she was watching a squirrel run through our yard.  As soon as she lost sight of it, she took off.  The second photo was taken the same day, an hour earlier, and I was testing out the close up feature on my camera, where as the first was a portrait picture.  She was sniffing the leave I held in front of her, which allowed me to capture her face easily as rule of thirds.  If I'm being honest, I wouldn't retake these photos for an assignment, but I would retake them just because I would like to see how they come out.  If I were to retake them, I would do it in the winter, to see how different the background would look.