I hope everybody has had a good week so far, I know I have. This week for my blog entry I will be going over my pictures from earlier in the summer that were all taken in the pre Ty Jahn Photography blog time. I would also like to start getting a little more technical with my posts by listing apeture, iso, focal length, f-stop, etc. Don't get scared by all this jargen if you just picked up your first camera or have always just turned the dial to the flower to take a picture of a flower, I know shooting in manual can seem scary! Enough with the introduction and let us move on to the photographs.
One bright and sunny morning enjoying the last weekend of May all the while keeping my eyes peeled for a subject to capture. I found my usual favorite, bumble bees, in a bundance but since I had been shooting them constantly lately I decided to look for something new. I was on the way back home when I came across these two lone poppies growing by the side of a fence. I had three options when taking a picture of these flowers: straight on, from below, or from above. Right away I decided on shooting them from low to make there presence more powerful while adding color to the fence in the background.
Power of Two - 49mm, f/22, 1/125 sec., iso-100
Here is one of my favorite pictures of the summer, I call it "A Turn of the Heart". This treasure was found at the Volunteer Park Conservatory. The conservatory is found at where else, but Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington and houses over 100 different species of flowers ranging from orchids to cacti. Admitance is free, but they do ask for a donation upon entering.
I particullary like this picture for three reasons: the turned bleeding heart is balanced with the out of focus bleeding hearts in the bottom left side of the picture, having the turned heart breaks the pattern and really calls for your eye, and the dark background brings help bring out the sloping branch of bleeding hearts.
A Turn of the Heart - 300mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., iso 800
In the next photograph I took at the Pacific Science Center as I had just finished up visiting the butterfly attrium, if your in Seattle I recommend it! In the back courtyard of the center their is a large man made pond with all sorts of fun gadgets, such as this watergun complete with multiple targets to hone your skills in with. I turned this photograph black and white to help bring out the detail of the water being shot across the photograph.
Bullseye - 55mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec., iso 100
This series of shots I took at the 2011 North West Coffe Festival. As you can imagine, it was a fun event but watch out for the post caffine crash because it knocked me on my butt. As we were waiting for our macchiatos to be made, the represenative from Caffe Ladro, located in Seattle, invited me behind the counter to take some behind the scenes photographs. I was able to capture these four images and put them together on one photoshot page for simplicity of showing you what it takes for Caffe Ladro to make the perfect macchiato, not the fake Starbucks ones.
Next up I have the typical picture from Kerry Park, but it is a beautiful shot and view with the Space Needle protruding above all the surrounding building while Mount Rainer looms in the background at sunset.
Kerry Park - 55mm, f/6.3, 1/25 sec., iso 100
One really fun place to photograph is in Catholic churches, I doesn't have to be Catholic but I have found they have the jaw dropping vaulted ceilings and stained glass. The picture below me was taken looking at the reflection of the banners in the holy water. The pews help to pull your eye forward toward the alter and cross.
Heavenly Reflections - 18mm, f/7.1, 1/20 sec., iso 400
Kayla's siloette sitting on a bench with her nose deep in a book while twlight fights against the night sky is always a call for a good picture. This photograph was taken near Alki Beach at a little park called Me-Kwa-Mooks Park.
Peaceful Reading - 18mm, f/8, 1/80 sec., iso 200
On a recent weekend we made the trip to Sequim, pronounced squim, Washington. You must have guessed it correctly by now, we were on the hunt for lavendar farms! Our trip happened a couple weeks before the fields go into full bloom in mid July. This particular photograph was taken at Purple Haze Lavendar Farm, located right outside Sequim. Out of all the lavendar farms we visited this one is the one farm you have to stop at and see. It even came complete with peacocks, which we will get to in the next picture. I took this photograph showing the lavendar fields next to a gravel road the curves toward the house. The red poppies on the opposite side of the road help to add personality to the picture.
Lavendar Farm - 29mm, f/8, 1/100 sec., iso 100
After sitting by the chicken and peacock cage for a good 15minutes this male finally put up his field of eyes feathers. I know your thinking it was me who got impatient and made him put up his feathers, but it was the chickens who kept trying to steal the grass I was throwing into the cage... So maybe I had something to do with it after all but that is besides the point. I shot through the cage and got this beauty.
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Field of Eyes - 55mm, f/5.6, 1/50 sec., iso 100
While combing the beach one morning during low tide I stumbled on this seagull who kept staring down the two starfish below his rock. I chose a smaller apature to blur the background back toward the ferry in the background. An orange starfish can be seen in the middle right of the picture underneath another rock. Everybody always says it's better to be lucky than good, I like the motto it's better to be lucky and good than just lucky.
Hey You! - 55mm, f/8, 1/60 sec., iso 100
As I was crawling around the hillside just below Kerry Park in Seattle, I spotted this sole poppy surrounded by dead and dying grass. After finally nestling into the hillside I was able to capture this glowing photograph of the poppy in front of the sun. Soon after I took this picture I actually read the signs that were posted everywhere saying the field was recently sprayed with pesticide, lucky for me I was wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants. Now off to the next location.
What Do You See? - 33mm, f/8, 1/200 sec., iso 100
My final two pictures were taken at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. I arrived at the zoo promply at 10am for their opening, since this is the best time to see the big cats roaming around their cage. I captured this tiger right after his morning feeding as he was bathing in the morning sun.
Lazy Tiger - 300mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., iso 400
This orangatang had already gotten his morning food by the time I made it around to his. I found him lounging in hammock enjoying the rare Seattle sun as well. After taking a series of pictures of him from the side I still couldn't get a good shot of his face. I finally was walking to the next exhibit hoping to come back later to get a shot and saw him through a small hole in the wall where I was able to capture this picture through. He spookishly is humanly looking, distantly humanly looking but humanly looking none the less...
Your Relative? - 300mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec., iso 400
Now cast your vote on which picture you believe is "The Perfect Picture" from the summer recap.
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