Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Assignment 1 Contrasts Pair 7

Produce Sixteen photographs, group them in 8 pairs marked with the contrasts the aim to demonstrate.Also produce one photograph that demonstrates CONTRASTS in one picture

Equipment:
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens 18/135mm
Tripod

Pair 7 Still/Moving






Exp time = 1/125
F/Stop = F18
Focal length = 135mm
ISO = 400


Exp time = 1/13 Sec
F/Stop = F32
Focal length = 18mm
ISO = 200

Still

My inspiration for this pairing was a visit to Naburn Lock in York, there was some fantastic old machinery with old iron chains on one side and on the other there was a spectacular cascade of water rushing down from the river Ouse.

With this image I tried to get in close to one of the crank shafts that drive the mechanism which in turn open and shut the lock Gates. I tried to get a sense of motionless into the photograph while still trying to show its part of a piece of machinery.

Moving

This picture was taken also at Naburn lock. For this image the camera was mounted on a tripod with the smallest aperture I could set on the lens (f32), I focused a third into the picture in order to get everything into focus. The tripod was required for the slow shutter speed in order to get a steady shot. I wanted to still get the feeling of movement in the water without stopping it altogether.