F3.5

I think that my photos usually capture my personality and outlook on life. They put a little twist to the ordinary (I am so weird... I definitely don't fit a box, much less a pigeon hole). I try to bring out something that is beautiful and interesting about whatever I am seeing. I think that they end up looking pretty nice, pretty positive.

But life isn't always roses.

For awhile I've wondered if I could do some darker pieces; scenes that are still interesting but aren't so "pretty." The pics in this post are my attempt to try out a different style.

The Creek

F13, ISO 100, 6 seconds

Spooky Tree

F 3.5, ISO 100, 0.8 second

I used the Canon software to lower the brightness, increase the contrast, push the saturation & hue to the extreme and bring the sharpness to a medium level.

The Bridge, 1 & 2

Both are f3.5, ISO 100, 0.4 seconds

I converted both to black & white-ish, there is still a tiny bit of saturation in them both. They were taken without a tripod (I was in a hurry!) but I kinda like the noise (or as Canon puts it... the pictures are "slightly grainy").

Thanks for checking out this group of pics. I am interested in any comments... are they interesting to you too, or just weird? Or are they just kinda blah? C'mon... be honest