Dodge & Burn

What did I think about doging and burning?
It's nice to manipulate the pictures to make them look more interesting.

Did I enjoy the progress?
Yes, definitely. It was fun, a little bit stressful, but still, it was fun to make changes on it.

Will I ever use it again?
Yes, I guess. It makes it look better, so why not?

My favorite picture:

I dodged the sunlight for about 4 to 5 seconds, so now it looks more smooth. I also burned the left side for about 2 seconds, that I'll have one area which is a little bit darker then the others. It makes it more interesting. And my F-stop was three clicks closed.

A#3 Depth of Field Photos



 

 

The aperture was at f22 and my shutter speed was at 1/250. With the small aperture the foreground is focused and the background is blurry, which gives me a long depth of field. So if you look at the picture you concentrate on what's going on in the front. So I wanted my focus on the little house for the birds and not on the background that's why I chose this aperture.



Actually now we should have chosen a picture with a larger aperture like f2.8, but because some of my pictures didn't came out that well, I  chose another picture, where I used the same settings. So f22 and shutter speed 1/250. Because I wanted to get my focus on the typical American mailboxes.