19 January 2011

last moments of sunset

i left work today at 4:25 to try and catch the last minutes of sun for the day.  unfortunately, i didn't end up with as much time as i would have liked, but i did catch these shots of a hazelnut orchard right by the winery.

i was having a hard time with the exposure.  i totally understand the exposure triangle in my head, but now the goal will be to actually figure out how to do it.  i was shooting in aperture priority mode at first, but then changed to manual which definitely helped.  these shots were a challenge because i was trying to balance out the left side (sunny) and the right side (dark).




here is one i took from kings grade.  i couldn't believe how fast the sun goes down.  i really would have liked to start taking photos earlier, but i was rushing because i only had about 20 mins of light tonight by the time i got going: 

this was also on kings grade.  the cow stood there the whole time wondering what the heck i was doing interrupting his grass eating time. 



tomorrow morning, i'm going to go to ribbon springs vineyard to take shots of the guys pruning.  it's supposed to be foggy in the morning, then clearing later on.  it could be a neat morning to take some landscape images in particular, especially with the fog effect down in valley.  we shall see... still loads and loads and loads to learn.  i can't wait until my first class starts. 

just for fun, to round out this post, here is one of the wee girl.  she's such a pretty princess! 


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