Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.

Have you ever had one of those days when things make sense? I know there may be some general eye rolling here but I actually made some progress yesterday.

There I sat at the Occupational Therapy place while my son with Down Syndrome was being tortured, with Brian Peterson's book Understanding Exposure, and this was what happened after reading the section titled "Isolation or Singular-Theme Apertures" so if it sticks in the grey matter, life will be good and I will be a little bit closer to the photographer that I want to be.

This could have been posted in the critique section but it's only the second time messing with full manual so I'm not looking for that just yet. General comments however would be terrific.

The top of a therapy toy. f4.5 @ ISO 1250

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The orange ball was the focal point. f6.3 @ ISO 1250

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The Panda block was the intended victim

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The zebra block was the target with the oof chair left deliberately.

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travelerted Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

There are many ways to learn something and I think you have 'hit' on one that makes sense. The toy really lends itself to being used for your purpose - and I can see that you have an understanding of isolation, depth-of-field, and how aperture affects what you are trying to accomplish. Wonderful!

Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.

Considering how dark it was in there, they came out well I thought. There was some natural light coming in the front windows and the lovely (and oh so overdone) florescent lights and camera behaved well for being such a high ISO. The best part was the realization that not all low-light conditions need to be drab and dreary.

Thanks again for the encouragement, you should be pleased that you haven't lost your touch either. There are still things to be taught.