ISO 1600, Exposure: 1.3s
Top: This one was shot soon after hearing about the contest. I decided to go for a walk in the park nearby and see if I could find any good scenery to shoot. I ended up walked by this vibrant red leaf laying on the paved running path. I squatted down to take a few pictures and a runner ran right into my shot and knocked over the leaf. Luckily she did not step on it so I placed it back in the position it was (I think) and took a few different shots. I liked this one the best and added just a touch of emphasis on the red in Photoshop.
Bottom: I was feeling lazy while trying to get a second picture in for the contest and I wanted to try something with freelancing to get a good macro shot of some leaves. I walked 2 feet outside my door and grabbed a few leaves and set them on a white sheet of paper. Needless to say, I could not get a shot I like with that method so I started messing around with other parts of the camera. I ended up getting this picture with a one second exposure while I zoomed out from close up with my lens. I didn't think it looked like much at first but once I got it on my computer I figured that I would try to work with it a bit. I ended up bumping up the saturation and vibrance in the image to get this abstract picture.
Both pictures were shot using a Sony A550. The second one involved a small tripod. Lens was the stock 18 to 55mm lens.
-Andrew Eastman
Top: This one was shot soon after hearing about the contest. I decided to go for a walk in the park nearby and see if I could find any good scenery to shoot. I ended up walked by this vibrant red leaf laying on the paved running path. I squatted down to take a few pictures and a runner ran right into my shot and knocked over the leaf. Luckily she did not step on it so I placed it back in the position it was (I think) and took a few different shots. I liked this one the best and added just a touch of emphasis on the red in Photoshop.
Bottom: I was feeling lazy while trying to get a second picture in for the contest and I wanted to try something with freelancing to get a good macro shot of some leaves. I walked 2 feet outside my door and grabbed a few leaves and set them on a white sheet of paper. Needless to say, I could not get a shot I like with that method so I started messing around with other parts of the camera. I ended up getting this picture with a one second exposure while I zoomed out from close up with my lens. I didn't think it looked like much at first but once I got it on my computer I figured that I would try to work with it a bit. I ended up bumping up the saturation and vibrance in the image to get this abstract picture.
Both pictures were shot using a Sony A550. The second one involved a small tripod. Lens was the stock 18 to 55mm lens.
-Andrew Eastman
