Day 5 Pictures

Sorry for the crazy delay with the little stories and technique explanations. The internet is working better, since we aren't all on right now. As of yet I have not used any photo edited. I am trying to only have to use crop in order to get rid of any unwanted things on the side. 

This was taken in a little chapel at the top of a switchback trail. I wasn't sure if we could go in at first, but then another tourist came and opened the door, so I just went along and went inside too.

When we made it back to the switchback that cars can take we hiked the rest of the way up and I found this little guy on a tree. I wanted to get really close to show the detail within the actual cone.

This was also at the top of the trail. This was on an old school Coca-Cola truck that was painted white, so that was interesting. I personally really like the way the rust contrasts with all the right. The picture is a little centered, but the strong geometric shapes are cool.

He is a picture of a snail. This is from the side. I didn't set the exposure so you could see the foot, but one of my friends tried to remove it, but couldn't. I was messing with some more aperture for class; doing more of a middle focus. The extreme front is out of focus, as well as the background.

This picture is out of order, since the other previous ones I turned in for class. This was breakfast. We made some scrambled eggs; with a red bell pepper, salami, smoke turkey, and some mozzarella cheese on top. It was delicious. 

Another door. I love doors a lot, so I am glad that our photo scavenger hunt is to take some pictures of unique doors and stairways.

Here is a steeple to a small little church. I was taking the advice from my professor, because he made a comment about how when we take pictures of buildings to not be afraid to not show everything. Sometimes a better picture is one that zooms in on a particular part of the building, rather than the whole building itself.

Here is a padlock on a nice red door. Again, I love doors, so you will probably be seeing a lot of red doors. This guy was up by the church that was in the previous picture.

This is the roofline of the little church. I got the three crosses going down and then the line of the beach keeps taking your eye further down the beach. I have a few more close ups of the crosses on my computer that didn't make the blog.

This was on a pathway behind the little church. This gate was holding back rocks, as you can see. I really enjoy the perceived tension that this picture holds in it, with the weight of the rocks pressing against the gate, as well as seeing all the other implements used to help hold it shut.

On the pathway behind the church as well. A foreground focus and then having a leading line draw your eye down a pathway.

Some more doors. Can't get enough of these. This was also on the path behind this little church.

This was in the parking lot by our beach. This snail just attached itself to a rock and decided to sit. There was actually a crane and bulldozer there the entire day moving all the rocks around in the lot. It looked like they were creating a barrier of some sort.

This was a flame burning in a bowl of oil. This was in the chapel that was at the top of the switchback that you can only walk on. I may go up there again to get some more close up pictures and perhaps one where I work with shutter features.

This was also in the chapel. This was a single candle in a dish of sand. In another photo you can see that the photo in the background is a man offering water to another man who is laying on the ground.

At the top of the switchback trail that can fit cars. This was kind of by the pinecone area. This picture is just of a rock, with some foreground focus and the background less focused.

This was on the old Coca-Cola truck. I really enjoyed the look of this truck. The mixture of the nice white with the beat-up rust was just awesome.

This is a bolt lock on the Coca-Cola truck, with a padlock too. I kept the foreground in focus and then let the rest of the picture become out of focus. I also like the angle that this was shot at. I try to avoid taking pictures of locks and doors from a direct angle.

This guy is a weed. I honestly think we have weeds similar to these back home, but despite its weedy nature I find the plant quite beautiful. I enjoy that the purple flowery part is in contrast to the prickly part. I also enjoy that you can see little black bugs making a home in the flower.

Here is an up-close-and-personal shot of the Coca-Cola truck's handle. I like that you can see the paint chipping away from the chrome. I also tried to quickly blur the left edge of the handle to get it out of focus.

Here is a tiny little flower that was growing along the car switchback. I brought it into focus and then blurred the rest.

Here is a different angle to the snail at the beginning of these pictures. You can see that the reddish rock behind it is already out of focus from the rest of the picture. I also like this snail because it had a nice darker color to its shell.

I don't know what kind of flowers these are, but I think that they are rather pretty. I wanted to get a group of them, but I also wanted to just highlight one of the flowers. I also blurred the background to show the flowers in more focus. I also enjoy how the petals spiral to one side.