It’s Bloggography challenge time again with me and Manic Mother!
Last week’s tutorial was on aperture, one of my favorite settings to manipulate and play with on my camera. And just in time for this challenge, I got my replacement 50mm f/1.8 lens in the mail last week! Perfect timing! (For those who haven’t heard, I mysteriously LOST my 50mm and finally was able to buy a new one).
Before we get to this week’s challenge, though, I wanted to share one of my favorite entries from our last challenge, on shutter speed. This shot of Marie’s daughter (from Everyday Matters) spinning made me smile:
Here are a few of the shots I captured this week while playing around with different apertures. All of these pictures were taken with my Canon 40D and my 50mm lens, using ISO 640, because it was rainy and overcast outside.
Pinecones from my honeymoon:
1st: f/2.0, 2nd: f/9.0
Rainy bushes in my front yard:
1st: f/1.8, 2nd f/9.0
I love seeing the differences between photos taken with different apertures. I almost always prefer the larger aperture (ie–the smaller number).
We’ll be posting some of our favorite shots from this week’s challenge in two weeks. Will we pick yours?
Don’t forget to grab a button or link back to me or Manic Mother on your post. And we’d love for you to add your picture to the Flickr group as well. You don’t even need a blog to participate – you can just leave the link to your picture in the Flickr group.
The MckLinky will be up for one week, so you have plenty of time to take a picture and link up any time this week!
And now it’s your turn to share. Did you challenge yourself this week?
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Hello, just found this webpage from stumbleupon. It’s not blog post I would normally read, but I liked your thoughts on it. Thanks for making a piece worth reading!
Thank you! I’m happy to pass the things I’ve learned on to other people. It makes the time I’ve spent worth while.
You’re welcome! I’m happy to do it. Thanks for stopping by!
Wow, incredible shots.
Thanks so much for the education and the challenge, it is really making me pay attention to me camera.
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I’m learning so much from you! Thanks for taking the time and sharing all the tips!
Pinecones from your honeymoon…do tell?
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I’m so tickled you chose my photo…thanks!
I can see such a difference in your side by sides. I too am now lusting after a new lens. I only have the standard one that came w/my camera and a telephoto. The lowest I could go was 4.5 I think. Now I gotta get my pics up!
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So glad I found this! One of my goals is to improve my photography so I look forward to more challenges and reasons to play with my camera. Thanks for setting it up!
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Whew, got my entry in. Love the tutorials and the blog hop. I took some shots this morning and then a little bit ago after I got back from meetings and appointments. It’s raining here so mine were indoor shots with all my lights turned on.
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I can totally see the difference in your pics.
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Yep, unfortuantely (or fortunately?) lenses make a huge difference. The nice thing is that the 50mm is cheap….if you’ve already got a camera to put it on, that is…
Yes, you do need to pull that camera out! And apparently you need to visit me more often because the comment form is not new. ;) Can’t wait to see you soon!
Hooray for the new comment form! Thank you for this. I love it.
In other news, I really need to stop being so lazy and get the camera out of the closet that my husband bought. The picture of the spinnning girl is SO fantastic. I want to take images like that of my kids.
PS: We have a date for dinner in Baltimore on Saturday night! I’ll e-mail later today.
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I almost always prefer a larger aperture too, and love love my 50mm f/1.8! This was my first week linking up and it was such fun!!! Love your pictures :)
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So apparently I need a new lens haha NOT. The lowest mine would shoot was 3.5 and I am still a little confused but getting it slowly.
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Thanks! Don’t worry–you totally don’t have to have a comparison shot. I can’t wait to see what you caught!
These are awesome! I prepared a post, but I did not have a comparison of the two, just the best shots that I got!
Thanks for your help!
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