ROMA 2011

Photographic trip to ROMA 2011.

Objectives

• Lighting and exposure levels
• lighting source
• ambient
• tungsten
• flash
• contrast of light and dark
• Manage exposure levels
• bracket exposure
• filter use
• white balance setting

Assignment 4

composition notes

Look at dynamic exposure levels.

experiment with composition.

look at people and places for next year

iso 1600 f 4.5 1/20 sec

iso 1600 f4.5 1/40 sec

iso 1600 f 4.5 1/30 sec

iso f 4.5 1/250 sec

iso 800 f4.5 1/300 sec

iso f14 1/100 sec

f 18 1/60 sec

f 4.5 1/200 sec

f25 1/20 sec

iso 1600 f5 1/25 sec ( tungsten lighting)

iso f5.6 1/100 sec

iso 4.5 1/200 sec

f9 1/125 sec

f4.5 1/200 sec

 iso 1600 f 4.5 1/40sec

iso 800 f 4.5 1/30 sec

f 4.5 1/50 sec

iso 800 f 4.5 1/60 sec

f 5 1/100 sec

f5 1/60 sec

f20 1/80 sec

f 22 1/50 sec

f 5 1/25 sec

f 13 1/200 sec

f 51/200 sec

f 4.5 1/800 sec

f 4.5 1/250 sec

f 4.5 1/500 sec

f 8 1/250 sec

f 4.5 1/125 sec

f 10 1/60 sec ND FILTER

both images f10 1/60 sec

f 8 1/250 sec

f 10 1/250 sec

f 25 1/250 sec

f 11 1/40 sec

f11 1/125 sec

f11 1/100 sec

f 15 1/80 sec

f 4.5 1/50 sec

f 8 1/25 sec

f 8 1/250 sec

both images f 8 1/200 sec

iso 800 f 4.5 1/20 sec



f 4.5 1/60 sec

iso 400 f 14 1/30 sec

f 5 1/200 sec

HDR PROCESSING OF THREE BRACKETED IMAGES

iso 1600 f 4.5 1/20 sec

HDR PROCESSING OF THREE BRACKETED IMAGES

HDR PROCESSING OF THREE BRACKETED IMAGES

f 5 1/600 sec

f 16 1/60 sec

f 4.5 1/250 sec

f 4.5 1/200 sec

HDR PROCESSING OF THREE BRACKETED IMAGES

HDR PROCESSING OF THREE BRACKETED IMAGES

f 4.5 1/500 sec

f 4.5 1/450 sec

f 18 1/100 sec

f 13 1/200 sec

f 13 1/40 sec

f 4.5 1/200 sec

f 16 1/30 sec

f 16 1/60 sec

 

COMMENTS

This trip allowed me to experiment with exposure and

different lighting conditions. I also used filters such

as polarizes and ND filters to improve colour saturation

and reduced the contrast between high and low light.

I also experimented with bracketing exposure levels

and took an image one stop over or one stop over

suggested exposure levels.

I often chose images that contained both areas of

light and dark to measure exposure levels to ensure

the highlights were not burn out and shadows did not

loose detail.

My biggest regret is not having a tripod with me

as I had very limited luggage allowance which

meant I had to leave the tripod as it was not

allowed in the cabin. I therefore had to change

the iso of the film speed to manage exposure

and ensure images were not blurred. I am

pleased with the images but could have

improved them by reducing the quality

of the final image.

I am really pleased with my images which

were taken in areas of light and dark

such as the Pantheon. I used the histogram

of the camera to measure the exposure levels

to ensure even if the image seemed on the

viewfinder too dark of light I had captured

some data which I could use in processing.

I was originally unhappy that I burnt out the

detail of the sky, but after looking at alot

of images on flickr it seems to be a common

problem.

I really like using shadows in composition

and the bright sun in Rome is a good source

of bright light which i could use to capture

both the main subject and its shadow,

It was important to move the camera

to the side of the light source to capture

the shadow detail.

I mostly pre set the white balance to the

current lighting conditions.  On the cloudy

days I set the white balance to shade

and it gave the images a warmer tone.

This worked well to enhance the earthy

tones of the Roman buildings.

I think the area of improvement is

the photography of the night scenes

as some of the images the spot lights

are burnt out and I need to experiment

more with using strong light sources.

I am looking forward to my next trip