Nature Photography Final

At the beginning of this class my goal was to try and capture the beauty for NE Montana, I think I was able to do that through most of my pictures. These were taken around the Billings area, the road between Billings and Malta, my hometown of Malta (and the Bowdoin Wildlife Refuge), the Missouri River Breaks, and also along the Yellowstone River near Hysham MT.

These pictures were taken by the Canon EOS Rebel T3.

Most with the 300mm lens but a few with the 55mm.

(3 were off my iPhone)

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 55mm

Focal Length- 18mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 6.3

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- No

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 55mm

Focal Length- 55mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 6.3

Shutter Speed- 1/640

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 55mm

Focal Length- 25mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 10

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-55mm

Focal Length- 30mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 8.0

Shutter Speed- 1/160

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 110mm

ISO- 800

Aperture- 4.5

Shutter Speed- 1/60sec

Flash- no

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length- 75 mm

ISO- 250

Aperture- 4.0

Shutter Speed- 1/100

Flash- no

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300

Focal Length- 80mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 10

Shutter Speed- 1/500

Flash- no

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 210mm

ISO- 1000

Aperture- 5.6

Shutter Speed- 1/2000

Flash- No

Camera- iPhone 6s

Lens- back camera

Focal Length- 4.15mm

ISO-32

Aperture- 2.2

Shutter Speed- 1/60sec

Flash-No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-55mm

Focal Length- 35mm

ISO- 100

Aperture-4.5

Shutter Speed- 1/400

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length-300mm

ISO- 2500

Aperture- 5.6

Shutter Speed- 1/400

Flash-No

 Camera- iPhone 6s 

Lens- back camera

Focal Length-4.15mm

ISO- 25

Aperture- 2.2

Shutter Speed-1/560

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length- 75mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 8.0

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- No

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 140mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 5.6

Shutter Speed- 1/800

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length-300mm

ISO- 3200

Aperture- 7.1

Shutter Speed- 1/500

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 300mm

ISO- 2000

Aperture- 7.1

Shutter Speed- 1/500

Flash- No

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 290mm

ISO- 2300

Aperture- 5.6

Shutter Speed- 1/1600

Flash- No

 Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 80mm

ISO- 1000

Aperture- 4.0

Shutter Speed - 1/160

Flash- no

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300

Focal Length- 75mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 7.1

Shutter Speed- 1/320

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 55mm

Focal Length- 18mm

ISO- 800

Aperture- 16

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- fired

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length- 75mm

ISO- 100

Aperture-4.5

Shutter Speed- 1/800

Flash- No

Camera- iPhone6s

Lens- back camera

Focal Length- 4.15

ISO- 64

Aperture- 2.2

Shutter Speed- 1/30

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length- 75mm

ISO- 3200

Aperture- 4.0

Shutter Speed- 1/160

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens-300mm

Focal Length- 90mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 5.0

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- No

Camera- Canon EOS Rebel T3

Lens- 300mm

Focal Length-90mm

ISO- 100

Aperture- 7.1

Shutter Speed- 1/200

Flash- No

What I can take away from this class..

Coming into this class I had absolutely no idea how someone could take such beautiful photos but then I could go to the exact same spot on the same day and my photographs wouldn't capture anything.. Honestly when I first rented the camera from the library I was very (very) intimidated and a little scared of all of the settings and buttons. But with A LOT of guidance and many failed attempts..I was able to produce some beautiful pictures! And I have to say I am very proud of them. Now when I go for a drive I'm always thinking "well that would make a perfect picture." I'm very thankful that I stepped out of my comfort zone (math and science) and decided to take this class, I feel that I learned many great things that I will be able to use them for along time.

My life style involves the out doors a ton, and a lot of it is hunting. It is awesome that now I am able to capture some of my best memories through photographs and be able to share them with others. I look forward to taking more pictures ( I asked Santa for a Canon Camera ;)).

Below are some pictures from my last weekend at home. It's these kind of memories that I am excited to keep capturing!

Decoys doing what they do best.

Cate waiting to steal the snow goose from Belle.

 Dad

 Belle shaking off after her retrieve through the ice. 

Make Up blog

I used this picture earlier for a critique and had many say that I should try it in black and white so I did and I really like it! I cloned out the branches on the top but other then that I just messed with the darkness of the different colors.

November 10th Blog.

 This was one of the pictures I used for critiques a couple weeks ago. I decided to cut down the crop so it wasn't so distracting and also tried to cut off the green on the bottom. I also used some gradient filters to brighten up the sky as well as the ground.

 

 

 

Fourth Critique...

 ISO 800 f 4.5 1/60 sec

 

ISO 250 f4.0 1/100 sec

Third Critiques..

 ISO 32 F2.2 1/60sec

 

 

ISO 1000 F5.6 1/2000sec



A few duck hunting shots

Last weekend I was home so we took out the new mud boat and went duck hunting. I decided to try and take a few pictures of my dogs; Meg, Belle, and Cate. Meg and Cate are usually tough to photography because they are so black but I was able to bring back some of their facial features in LightRoom. I'm pretty excited about being able to take these and hope to capture more of them soon!

Oct 27, 2016 Blog---ELK!

A few weeks ago I did my blog post talking about the elk viewing area in the Charles M. Russel wildlife refuge. Well this weekend on my way back to Billings I had time to stop. Even through on the page they say it isn't the best time to view, there were still hundreds of elk! It was very cool to see and I was able to take some pretty cool pictures.

These are just a few that I snapped with my phone(low quality), but I did take quite a few with the Canon camera that I plan on editing and putting on here soon!

Second Critique

 ISO 100 f10 1/200sec

 

 

ISO 100 F10 1/500sec

Editing before and after

The Orange Post

Before

 After

I applied by preset and brightened up the picture with bringing up the shadows and blacks so the interesting knot was visible. I also cropped in the picture some to get rid of empty space and the darker part of the tree in the back. I also enhanced the colors a little so the orange would pop a little more.

Slippery Ann Elk

The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 1.1 million acres of badlands, cottonwood river bottoms, coulees, sagebrush and grassy prairies. This beautiful place is located only 70 miles south of my hometown. My father, being a wildlife biologist and working here for many years, likes to take me and show me around, even though it has changed in the 26 years sense he worked there. 

This time of year is very popular, especially the Slippery Ann Elk Viewing Area. Here hundreds of elk gather for breeding during September and October before they split off to get ready for winter. It has always been fun to go and watch this but sense being in college I haven't had the time to stop by. This weekend, weather and rain fall permitting, I hope to visit and snap a few pictures!

First Critique

 ISO 100   1/640     f6.3

ISO 100 1/200 F6.3