It was a lot of fun and I feel like I got some good shots out of it.
This one is a lamp post in the park. I lied down to get it. In hindsight I wish I had positioned myself to put the head of the lamp in the sky instead of against the trees, but what are you gonna do. This was at f/11, 1/160, ISO 100.
The lighting changed like crazy throughout the day. We were there from 10 a.m. to a little after 1 p.m. This shot of the statue was at f/22, 1/125 and ISO 100. Later I came back and shot it again and had to adjust my shutter like crazy, although I should have adjusted my aperture since it was an immobile subject.
It really shows the difference light can make. This one was f/22, 1/60 and ISO 100.
Early in the day I was trying to capture the form of this bike rack:
Admittedly, this is a pretty lame shot. I liked the shadow, but was also trying to get the form, and instead got crap. :) This was at f/9, 1/500 and ISO 200.
Later I reapproached the shot and got something much cooler.
Not a great, extraordinary shot, but it was much more appealing and intriguing after I had kind of adjusted how I looked at things. This was at f/14, 1/100 and ISO 100.
After I crossed the street to the state building adjacent to the park and found a lot of subjects I hadn't considered or saw some of them in new ways, including the building itself.
The trees in the park framed the building itself nicely before I went over. Again, looking at form, I liked how the shadows fell differently on different surfaces of the building to create the illusion of 3-D. This was shot at f/16, 1/60 and ISO 100.
A slightly different angle as I crossed the street. This one was at f/14, 1/60 and ISO 100.
But it was the things around the building that really drew me in. For example, there's a sign in front that I had never looked at differently before this trip. Rather than a head on shot, I got these:
Just again, new ways of looking at things that turned out great to also show form. The top shot was shot at f/14, 1/60 and ISO 100. The bottom was shot at f/16, 1/60 and ISO 100.
A cool grate protecting some kind of utility box. I really like how the photo stayed colorful in this case, although you could add some cold emotion in B&W or with more monochromatic colors too. Shot at f/13, 1/60 and ISO 100.
Since form was my focus, I decided to challenge myself to show form in a blade of grass. I think it turned out OK. This was at f/22, 1/60 and ISO 100.
But these were my favorites from the day:
The first is the hands of the statue in front of the state building across the street from the park. I just really loved how the shadows from the fingers so clearly show the depth and form of the statue. This was at f/20, 1/60 and ISO 100. But the next variation on it was truly my favorite image of the day.
Just adding in that little bit of face really opened this image up to me. This was at f/16, 1/60 and ISO 100.
