18. November 2011 by Friedhelm.

I walked around the fountain several times looking for a good background. Recently the City of Merced put up a wall full of tiles. Thoses tiles, thrown out of focus, were the perfect background for my image.

Enjoy and happy Friday!

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17. November 2011 by Friedhelm.

I opened my lens up all the way to get a very small depth of field. The exposure time at ISO 100 is 1/400sec. In this image you only see water and only at the top right hand side you may get a glimpse that this water is coming from somewhere..

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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16. November 2011 by Friedhelm.

I photographed the rim of the fountain closing the lens way down. At the same time I tried to get some reflection in the water.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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15. November 2011 by Friedhelm.

I went back and photographed the fountain in broad daylight. I used a wide open lens and 1/1000 sec. exposure time to freeze the action. Notice the very shallow depth of field.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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14. November 2011 by Friedhelm.

Pick a fountain in your community and photograph it for a week. Go at different times of the day and use different f-stops and exposures times. You may “freeze” the water or not. You may under-or overexpose as well. You may photograph the entire fountain or just part of it. The main issue is to see you any change in your camera effect your image. One more thing, avoid the automatic on your camera except aperture priority setting. As always, enjoy your photographs.

I picked the fountain at downtown Merced. I shot this image with my 28mm Minolta MD lens that I connected to my digital body. This lens is about 30 years old and produces excellent images.

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