Teddy Bear Cove
Monday, July 12, 2021
Daytime! After the relative failure of capturing bioluminescence the previous Saturday, I just brought the camera on one of my favorite hikes. This allowed me to be more playful with the camera. The photos I captured sort of came as they happened. When I took photos of bugs on the water, I adjusted the shutter speed to capture them in time. When a train passed me by the water, I closed the aperture to allow for a greater depth of field. When focusing on the foreground of seaweed, I opened the aperture to blur the island in the background.
50.00mm 1/250s f2.8 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/15s f22 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/13s f22 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/2000s f1.8 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/10s f22 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/80s f1.8 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/80s f1.8 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
During this entire shoot, I was reminded of something Nate told me: “The zoom on a prime lens is your feet.” This refers to my lens’s constant 50mm of focal length (or zoom). This means I had to position myself to capture the frame I wanted. This added to the fun of exploring the stream and woods around me, even though I was already familiar with this place.
50.00mm 1/200s f10 iso400 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/2000s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/6400s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/320s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/6400s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/3200s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
These next two shots are of a strange painting I found in the woods.
50.00mm 1/250s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/320s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/160s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
50.00mm 1/1250s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
Then, after my hike, I continued down the coast on my motorcycle.
50.00mm 1/800s f1.8 iso100 lens: FE 50mm F1.8 camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
70.00mm 1/200s f13 iso100 lens: FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS camera: SONY ILCE-7M3
The biggest lesson learned was that: aperture priority of f1.8 can have mixed results. The shot of the starfish had too narrow a depth of field.