POTD: Pictures of words October 15th - October 21st

October 17

Here is a sign on the side of a building close to where I work. I thought it looked cool, I really like the red brick against the white. HHCC welcome and wanted.






1/750 f/1.4 ISO 200
50mm FA 50mm 1.4

POTD: Something that gives you the feeling of warmth or cold October 8th - October 14th

October 9

Fire is something that obviously makes me think of warmth. These were taken over the summer during some campouts, so this is kind of cheating, but oh well. The last picture I don't really like, but I wanted to post it to get some ideas. How do you get a good shot of people around a campfire? HHCC welcome and wanted.




.5" f/11 ISO 200 35mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

15" f/4 ISO 200 18mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

POTD: Nighttime October 1st - October 7th

October 7

I decided to go downtown to take a picture of the temple here in Salt Lake and hopefully be able to get some of the fall leaves to come through as well. I was there until after it got dark, so I figured I'd post one more time for the nighttime theme. The first one is the entrance to one of the malls downtown, the rest are of the Salt Lake Temple. HHCC welcome and wanted.

30" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

10" f/22 ISO 200 31mm
DA 18-55mm 3.5-5.6

10" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

15" f/22 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

October 5

So we have had too many clouds to get any shots of the stars, so I figured I would shoot something, here are a couple of pictures from my backyard, and yes these were shot at night, I took them around 11. Its amazing how much light you can get if you keep your shutter open long enough. Of course these were shot on a tripod. HHCC wanted and welcome.

20" f/16 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

20" f/16 ISO 200 50mm
FA 50mm 1.4

October 2

Okay, so you probably know that it is pretty much impossible to get this shot, if not please tell me how, without double exposing, but since double exposure isn't possible on my camera I had to improvise with photoshop. I'm just a beginner with photoshop and I really wanted to find a way to get the clouds to stay out in front of the moon, but I couldn't get it to look very natural, any suggestions? Also any idea on any other things I could have done when combining the two images to make this look better?

Background
2" f/13 ISO 200 300mm
70-300mm 4-5.6

Moon
1/60 f/13 ISO 200 300mm
70-300mm 4-5.6


I think nighttime pictures can be a lot of fun. Some day I hope to get good at taking pictures during the night. Hopefully I will get a night without cloud coverage and some good stars before the week is over, but that doesn't happen often in the valley here in Salt Lake. Maybe I can find a night to go up into the mountains, we will see. HHCC welcome and wanted.