Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens-May 9, 2011 Part 2

These are the last of my photos from my class at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. I mentioned before that I wasn't too impressed with the class. My teacher really didn't teach me anything that I didn't already know. She did, however, say one thing that stuck in my head: "Expose for the light." She meant that it's okay if only one part of the photo is correctly exposed and the rest is in shadow, because it will show the drama of how the scene really looked. So I really tried to focus on doing that in the last class.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (1 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (14 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (16 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (4 of 19)

I couldn't decide which of these I like better, so I'm just going to post both:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (6 of 19)

(Submitting to Black and White Wednesday.)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (5 of 19)

I was really obsessed with the shadow of the petals on these flower:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (9 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (8 of 19)

I also liked the shadows of the branches on the tree:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (17 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (18 of 19)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 5-9-11 (19 of 19)









the long road









and then, she {snapped}

15 comments:

  1. Love the first shot, it really is much more dynamic with all the shadows!

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  2. You certainly captured the light exquisitly in these photos - great job. I think your teacher's rule is generally a good one - overexposed sections of a photo will naturally draw the eye, and that's usually not what you want.

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  3. Thank you for visiting my blog. You must have the best equipment and amazing talent! I love the shadows!

    Alyzabeth's Mommy

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  4. SO many very beautiful photos! Maybe you didn't learn so much because you already knew how to take fantastic photos, but if you picked up one new thing, then that's a bonus.

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  5. Ooohhh, tough call, they're both pretty. I think I like the first one, the darker parts just add drama. Great shots!

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  6. thanks for the follow love your images.

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  8. You really did capture the light perfectly in all of these! the tulips are gorgeous and I really love the thin streak of light falling across the lavender!

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  9. Just beautiful...love the B&W tulips!

    Tiffany

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  10. Barbara, these are gorgeous! Love, love, love the b/w conversion on the tulips.

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  11. Love the first one!! So stunning!

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  12. I really love the first one! Amazing!

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  13. Beautiful! I really like the black and white ones. Normally I prefer color, but those are so perfect in b/w!

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