Snow

On 12/29/09 it snowed in Beaverton, OR and my friends and I went to Tualatin park to get some nice clicks. Some of them are here:

High contrast settings in snow give stark colours.

Again photos are average so camera settings are not described here!

The Sunrise

A Beautiful Sunrise

F-Stop = F/11
Shutter speed 1/2000 Sec
ISO = 200
Focal Length = 55mm
Metering = Partial

Moon again

F-Stop = F/5.6
Shutter speed = 1/160 sec
ISO = 200
Focal Length = 250mm
Metering  = Partial.

Sharpness is sacrificed for brightness..Next time it will be better

One afternoon

I went on a stroll in an afternoon..when I took several pictures..none of them were visually appealing..but I saved this one..as this has some qualities of the pictures that I'd expect myself to capture a year later !!

F stop = f/11

Exposure Time = 1/60 seconds

ISO = 200

Focal Length = 18mm

Metering = Pattern

Beautiful smile

Here is my great friend Ramnath.. with a beautiful smile

F-Stop = F/11
Exposure Time : 1/30 Sec
ISO - 200
Focal Length = 18mm
Metering mode = Pattern
Polarizer Filter

Mushroom

I like this one...

F-stop = f/4
Exposure time = 1/160 Sec
ISO = 250
Focal Length = 18mm
Metering mode = Partial

Mount St. Helens Trip

It was foggy...with limited knowledge of photography and camera...this was the best I could do...

Except the angle..this photo is not great...so I am not specifying its details...

I modified this photo (cropped off the lower half)..using a friend's suggestion...and I feel now it's much better...

The Moon

It could have been a lot better...
F-Stop = F/5.6
Exposure Time = 1/1250 Sec
ISO = 1600
Focal Length = 250mm

First serious landscape capture

This is my first serious landscape capture

Place: Beaverton, Oregon, USA
F-Stop = f/4.5

Shutter speed = 1/1250 sec

Focal Length = 18mm

Sensor size = 35mm/1.6

ISO-400

Start with a bang

I'd reply nothing when anyone used to ask me "What's you hobby?". Frankly, I had none until I was bitten by this photography bug.

I got for myself Canon Rebel XSI with a default 18-55mm (1/3.5 - 5.6) lens EF-S IS lens followed by canon 55-250mm EF-S IS(1/4 - 5.6) with some filters - Polarizer, UV and fluorescence.

I'll post a lot of images, most of which will be in public domain under GNU Free documentation license.

Enjoy the images!