Science Photography

Biology/Earth Science/Geology

Shutter Speed: 1/400

ISO: 800

This is a focus stacked picture of a rock.  To create this picture, I had to use a tripod and a reverse ring with my lens, and I found the focus stacking technique a little bit frustrating, but I do like how this image came out. I really like the details in the different sections of the rock, and especially how the different colors are all sharp and provide a contrast with one another.  If I could retake this picture, I would be sure to get the parts of the rock in back very focus as well.

Physics

Aperture: f / 13

Shutter: 1/200

ISO: 200

I took this picture using a flash to the left of the skull, and a trigger to make sure I got a shot as the splash was created. I really like how this picture came out, especially all the bubbles that you can see both in and right above the water. I really like how the flash and fast shutter speed was able to capture the skull's splash . I would've liked to try this high speed type of photography with a different object, but I do still like this image.

Aperture: f / 18

Shutter Speed: 1/200

ISO: 200

This is my favorite picture from the science unit. The original color of the paint was a light purple, but in Photoshop I made it this vibrant blue instead because I liked how much it popped against the background. I really like how high up the paint extends, and how many different areas of paint there are at the bottom of the photo. I wish that had been multiple tall strands of paint, but I still think that this photo came out really well. The only thing I'd wish I had done differently is trying to get an image with two colors of paint.

Astronomy

Aperture: f / 4.0

Shutter Speed: bulb (about an hour)

ISO: 400

I took this picture in my backyard. I tried to get a star trail photo ad I left my camera out for about an hour, but it sadly didn't get exactly the type of picture I was hoping for. However I still think that the stars I was able to capture are pretty interesting. This picture was originally pretty dark, also I had to brighten it a lot in Bridge and Photoshop. That made it really noisy, but other than the noise it turned out pretty well. An artist I found who does a lot of work with amazing star and night time photography is Dave Morrow, this is a link to his nighttime work: http://photos.davemorrowphotography.com/Under-the-Stars

Light

Aperture: f / 5.6

Shutter Speed: 25.0

ISO: 100

This is a Spirograph which was taken in one of the computer labs in the library. I believe my group used 3 glowsticks for this picture, and I really like the different patterns that were formed. I also think that the glow illuminating around all the hard lines is really interesting! To take this picture I used a tripod, and a 25 second shutter speed to allow time for the glow sticks to move around and create these patterns.  I wish that I could've gotten the lights to be a tiny bit sharper, but overall I'm happy with how it came out!

Reaction (sort of)

Link to my reaction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-c8isqWSc

I took this video with my iPhone of myself blowing out a candle in my house. I like how the flame slowly moves and disappears into black. I also think it's really cool how you can see some smoke slowly rising up from the candle after it has been blown out. I wish that I could've lit the video differently, because even though I like how dark it becomes when the candle light is gone, I wish you could see the smoke more clearly. I also wish that the video was a little bit sharper.

Time Lapse

Link to my time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHaEihMJnhg

This is a time lapse I took with my phone outside of my grandma's house. I really like the element of the cars going by, and also how much you see the clouds moving. I think its also cool how the wind was blowing the apple tree branches in the yard. I set my phone up on the railing of my grandma's deck and left it for around 45 minutes in order to get this time lapse, and I really like how it came out.