Macro photography can be done without a macro lens. You just need to find a big enough subject. Percussionists have two guesses as to what the subject is for Week 12 of the Dogwood Photography Challenge.
Macro
Category: Dogwood Photography Challenge
Negative Space
Dogwood Photography Challenge Week 11
Composition: Negative Space
The void of outer space becomes negative compositional space in a photo of the Greene County Courthouse in Xenia, Ohio.
Selective Color
Akin to having to explain the punchline of a joke, selective color is the bane of many photographers’ existence. Others argue it is sometimes warranted, if done correctly. In this instance, a trio of crocus brighten an otherwise monotone scene in Week 10 of the Dogwood Photography Challenge.
Forsaken
The Lenten cross at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church becomes an entry into week 9 of the Dogwood Photography Challenge.
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”—Matthew 27:46 (KJV)
Zoom Burst
Dogwood Challenge Week 8
By varying the focal length during the long exposure the sensor captures a trails of light emanating from the color-changing LED in an aromatherapy oil diffuser to create a zoom burst.
Fill the Frame
Getting up close with the Sony 50mm f/1.8 and a mariachi sombrero’s ornate decorations to fill the frame for week seven of the 2018 Dogwood Photography Challenge.
Alternating Rhythm
Dogwood Photography Challenge: Week 6
Alternating patterns of light bring depth and rhythm to the pedestrian walkway across the Fishinger Road Bridge over the Scioto River at Griggs Reservoir.
Where do you grab a byte to eat?*
Week 5 Wildcard: Photographer’s Choice
There is nothing behind photo this but my quirky sense of humor. Literally, it’s a drive-by point-and-shoot—in full manual and RAW, of course. Techies and IT Pros should get it. English majors and punsters might groan. Since I’m a bit of both sides, I’m an oddball. *Huh?
Quiet Moment
Dogwood Photography Challenge Week 4: Quiet Moment
With three energetic dogs in the house at one time, when they sleep it is definitely a Quiet Moment—week four’s entry in the Dogwood Photography Challenge. This one is the stinkin’ cute one. (Don’t tell the other two—they think they are the stinkin’ cute ones!)
Full Manual
Dogwood Challenge Week 3: Full Manual
Though the speedlight (1/8 power) freezes the motion water droplet, the ability to manually set the exposure triangle is necessary. Due to constraints in lighting placement, shutter speed is 1/60 rather than the customary image-stopping shutter speed of 1/250 that I have seen used in water droplet photography. Aperture of f/8 maintains a deeper depth of focus that rather than the wider aperture that P or S might have chosen in low light. ISO 100 to ensure lowest potential for noise in the image.
Other “manual” attributes of this shot: Custom made drip support from 34″ length of 3/4″ PVC pipe drilled at ends to mount on light stands and center drilled to insert eyedropper. $0.98 rolls of cellophane (cyan and magenta) from Walmart.