Canon 60D Photography: Louisiana Hot Sauce!

Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: 50mm f/1.8
ISO: 160
Shutter Speed: 1/250








The top of a Louisiana Hot Sauce bottle. The remainder of the sauce obviously dried over. I like how the dried sauce starts out dark then becomes lighter in color. I thought it looked cool at the moment. Like a volcano lava or something.  Photographed against a white background.

Canon 50mm Depth of Field Test

I figured I'd make one of these. Nothing terribly special per se. Just a simple test of my 50mm f/1.8 lens. I did a simple DOF (depth of field) test. I found some art supplies and used them as the subjects. So yea.. =)

Canon 60D Photography: Homemade Pizza!

Hey! So, recently, I upgraded my lens. The 18-55mm standard kit has done well for many years now. I'm still keeping it. But I want a faster lens in my arsenal. So, I got the Canon 50mm f/1.8. I'm pleased with the results. I've been taking indoor low light photos lately and the kit lens just don't cut it. The shutter speeds are too slow (especially hand held exposures).

I decided to do a little test. The light source for these photos was a small hoodrange light above an oven/stove. (I color corrected the pics since a dull yellow cast was present).


Aperture Priority @ f/1.8
ISO: 640
Shutter Speed: 1/250








Aperture Priority @ f/8
ISO: 1250
Shutter Speed: 1/30








The shallow depth of field is quite obvious in the first photo. Even when looking at the pizza itself, certain parts of it are noticeably out of focus. The background where the baking sheet ends is blurred out at well.

The second photo was taken at a larger f stop giving a greater depth of field. The pizza is completely in focus and you can make out more of the baking sheet and crumbs in the rear. The shutter speeds I got were terrific. If I was using my 18-55mm kit lens, I would probably get a shutter speed reading of 0"3 or 1.5 seconds..not good for hand held photos.

So, yea..I'll defintely be looking for some good photo ops in the weeks to come. Good lens! (and good pizza too). :)

Canon 60D Photography: Closeup of a Pineapple

Lens: 18-55mm
Aperture Priority @ f/5
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 2 seconds











An up close photo of a rotting pineapple (cropped). It still kinda smelled nice though. Meh.. :\

Canon 60D Photography: White Ibis Bird

Taken with the standard kit lens 18-55mm.
Aperture priority mode used @ f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 800








This is a White Ibis bird I saw on some electrical wiring. This is a cropped version of the original image.

11-12-2011 Edit: I forgot the letter "a" in the word katana when you look at the url watermark in the photo. I'll correct that shortly.

11-19-2011 Edit: Corrected version uploaded to this post.

Canon 60D Photography: Thorn Apples, Fort Myers, Florida

I believe these are thorn apples (correct me if I'm wrong).  Aperture priority. 18-55mm lens used. Taken in while I was in Fort Myers, Florida.

Canon 60D Photography: Celestial Seasonings Green Tea

Taken with the same ol' 18-55mm lens.

A picture of some tea I've been drinking lately. The tea smells quite good, almost candy-like. My only gripe is that the drink has a "dry" quality to it. Maybe it's just me. Other than that the taste is pretty good.