This week Gizmodo is trying a new photo challenge called sillhouettes. I want to participate, but it also got me thinking about some cool photos I took last month while in Michigan during the sunset at a pier on Magician Lake. I can't use them in the contest because they have to be current photos from this week, but I thought that they might inspire me. I wanted to post them here to share them with anybody that might be interested in checking them out. You should also check out Gizmodo, one of my favorite sites of all time.
The top shot is probably my favorite. We were right on the Marina and I snapped a picture of a pylon with this light on top. I didn't realize how much it would stand out against the darkening sky (I think this was about 15 minutes after civil twilight began). The settings are 32mm focal point, f/4.2, 1/25 exposure time, 600 ISO.
The second and third shot are shot with the same settings, only on the second I used a manual focus from much closer to focus in on one of the plant stalks. I am pretty happy with how the manual focus came out, though, I do wish that I had timed the shot or gotten the idea about 30 minutes earlier to get some more blues in the background. Settings used are 38mm focal point, f/ 4.5, 1/100 exposure time, 400 ISO.
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