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Part of my third photo essay for my photo essay class. I was getting afraid that the cloud cover would hold and I wouldn't be able to get a decent dusk shot, but nope! The sun came out for the last twenty minutes or so. And again, you can see that as daylight fades, the pond is becoming mirror like again. You can read my proposal below, but first:
Here are the others in the photo essay:

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And check out the link system

For my third and final photo essay, I will be taking four shots of one scene: one at dawn, one at midday, one at sunset, and one at night. These shots will be taken at the main campus duck pond and they will be waterscapes.
In this assignment, I want to show how wonderful it is to live by the water at all times. I would do seasons, but that is not possible for the time constraints of this assignment, but that may be a personal project down the road.
A tripod will be absolutely necessary for this assignment since it would be impossible to get a clear night shot otherwise. For the morning and evening shots, I will have my camera on a scene setting of sunset. For the day shot, the scene setting will be landscape and for the night shot, the scene setting will be night scene.
I intend to mark the spot where I take the first shot in order to have each shot as close as possible, especially if I have to complete the essay over several days, with the only changes being what Nature provides.
Again, for the day shots, I intend to shoot sunny scenes so I will have my camera on its sunny setting and at minus two or minus one.
I cannot think that every day from now until the due date will be cloudy, but in that event, dawn and night will not be a problem since one cannot tell the difference with night and a cloudy day is sure to be preceded by a rosy dawn. For the day shot and the evening shot, however, I will have to be resourceful. For the day shot, I will give my camera a cloudy setting and I will then boost the contrast in photoshop to add interest. For the evening shot, I will wait for twilight, and I will then bring the photo into photoshop and give it a dark blue hue in order to give it a look of mystery. I have seen such shots and they work well.
Since I will not be shooting anything very small, my close-up setting and super close-up setting will be turned off. I do not know if I will need to use the zoom on my camera, but that is easily done.
I will not be using the flash on my camera since the fall off is too close and would create very dark photos.
I cannot know what the water will do in these shots. It may be still as glass and reflect everything like a mirror, it may be wavy and roiling, or it may be calm, but not still so that it would only reflect light and brokenly at that. I intend to make use of it either way. If it does something different in each shot, so much the better to show the joys of living by the water. If it is much the same for each, then it will bring ever more unity to the four photos.
The duck pond is a wonderful place to relax and to take photos. With mine, since my photos are to show others how I see the world, I hope to show people how magical it can be.

Description
Part of my third photo essay for my photo essay class. I was getting afraid that the cloud cover would hold and I wouldn't be able to get a decent dusk shot, but nope! The sun came out for the last twenty minutes or so. And again, you can see that as daylight fades, the pond is becoming mirror like again. You can read my proposal below, but first:
Here are the others in the photo essay:

And look at by

And check out the link system

For my third and final photo essay, I will be taking four shots of one scene: one at dawn, one at midday, one at sunset, and one at night. These shots will be taken at the main campus duck pond and they will be waterscapes.
In this assignment, I want to show how wonderful it is to live by the water at all times. I would do seasons, but that is not possible for the time constraints of this assignment, but that may be a personal project down the road.
A tripod will be absolutely necessary for this assignment since it would be impossible to get a clear night shot otherwise. For the morning and evening shots, I will have my camera on a scene setting of sunset. For the day shot, the scene setting will be landscape and for the night shot, the scene setting will be night scene.
I intend to mark the spot where I take the first shot in order to have each shot as close as possible, especially if I have to complete the essay over several days, with the only changes being what Nature provides.
Again, for the day shots, I intend to shoot sunny scenes so I will have my camera on its sunny setting and at minus two or minus one.
I cannot think that every day from now until the due date will be cloudy, but in that event, dawn and night will not be a problem since one cannot tell the difference with night and a cloudy day is sure to be preceded by a rosy dawn. For the day shot and the evening shot, however, I will have to be resourceful. For the day shot, I will give my camera a cloudy setting and I will then boost the contrast in photoshop to add interest. For the evening shot, I will wait for twilight, and I will then bring the photo into photoshop and give it a dark blue hue in order to give it a look of mystery. I have seen such shots and they work well.
Since I will not be shooting anything very small, my close-up setting and super close-up setting will be turned off. I do not know if I will need to use the zoom on my camera, but that is easily done.
I will not be using the flash on my camera since the fall off is too close and would create very dark photos.
I cannot know what the water will do in these shots. It may be still as glass and reflect everything like a mirror, it may be wavy and roiling, or it may be calm, but not still so that it would only reflect light and brokenly at that. I intend to make use of it either way. If it does something different in each shot, so much the better to show the joys of living by the water. If it is much the same for each, then it will bring ever more unity to the four photos.
The duck pond is a wonderful place to relax and to take photos. With mine, since my photos are to show others how I see the world, I hope to show people how magical it can be.