Depth of Field

I was trying my hand at Molecular Gastronomy and decided to use that as my subject for this week's photo challenge. I used the 'A' mode on my camera and tried clicking pictures with different apertures. I tried to keep the focus on the spoon closest to the camera.

f/7.1, ISO 100, exposure 0.2 seconds. I wish I could have set these values intentionally but I am not there yet. This seemed the best of the pictures I shot.

I am submitting this for week 10 of the photography challenge theme depth of field.

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Landscape - Focus

I captured this picture at a nearby lake. The tree looked stunning by itself against the lake and the clear blue sky.

I used one of the auto setting on my Nikon DX for this picture.

The theme for week 1 of the photography challenge was Landscape - focus and the expectation was a tree standing by itself or in a clump in a landscape.

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Birds in flight

Clicking pictures of birds in flight in winter is a challenge. Over the weekend I spent the afternoon by the nearby lake with the family. I got a chance to click a tiny Cedar Waxwing in flight. Given the size of the bird and the fact that it flew off the top of the tree this is the best I could do.

I did catch another of the Cedar Waxwings in flight but its wings are not spread out as I would have liked them to be.

This picture was for week 8 of the photography challenge for the theme - Nature and wildlife photography - birds in flight.

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