So this project has turned out to be a flop. I'm just going to have to accept that I won't be making daily updates.
In any case, I fooled around with the aperture and shutter speed for the exposures I took this morning. It's a pretty gloomy morning out, so I had a good chance to figure out the differences in a wide-open aperture and a smaller one under such lighting conditions. The shot above was the best one of the bunch. For this one, I set the aperture to 3.5, shutter speed to 1.250 sec, and ISO of 400. I also tried out the "monochrome" style setting and found that I liked these exposures better than the color ones. There's something eerily appealing about a spanish moss-laden oak tree photographed in black & white. Also, because of the muted natural light, the exposures taken in full color just looked muddied and unpleasant.
I undoubtedly need more practice with the simple mechanics of my camera. One thing I'm itching to explore is playing around with the color saturation. In due time, I suppose.
Well, there you have it--my first post in a while. We'll see how I keep up with this.
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