Photo of the Week – Christine McCarty

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The Setting Sun’s Palette of Color

Christine McCarty-the Outer Banks at Duck

Christine McCarty-the Outer Banks at Duck

The colors of a setting sun and the NC coast have provided photographers with countless opportunities to test their skills in composition and exposure since the first camera was brought to the area. The above was captured on the sound side of the Outer Banks at Duck at 7:40 in the early evening while the light remained strong and the colors vivid, deepened and saturated by the reflection in the water. The strong vertical pilings, the horizontal floor support beams and the oblique railings leads the eye on a pleasant journey deep into the scene. The reflected trees add a gentle interest to the overall composition. This image easily passes the test for excellent composition and exposure.
Christine used a Canon EOS XTi fitted with the 18-55 mm lens zoomed to the maximum focal length, a shutter speed of 1/800 sec and an aperture of f/5.6.

Photo of the Week – Bernard Clouse

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Lovely Girl, Perfect Weather and Beautiful Setting

Picking Blueberries at Old Orchard Creek

Picking Blueberries at Old Orchard Creek


Swansie Shepherd Rd in Little Horse Creek comes alive each summer during blueberry season as people from all over come to pick their own. On July 4th Bernard took advantage of the occasion by capturing his niece in this casual portrait using only natural light. Rather than list here the photographic components that come together in this shot and since all will probably attempt to take similar shots at sometime in the future, it might be a worthwhile exercise for each member to list his/her own ideas as to the various elements that make this shot work. And since the perfect photo is rare (if there is any such), at least one change that would have improved the shot. This could be a mental exercise but it might be better to write your thoughts on a piece of paper or, better yet, put them in a comment for all members to read.
The camera was a Kodak Z915, the shutter 1/320 sec with an aperture setting of f/4.2 zoomed in to 18.8mm (35mm equivalent of 106mm) and the ISO used was 80.