Thanks @photogames for getting me out of the house today! I love that this week's games included a photography assignment and I had a lot of fun creating my picture. It's really easy for me to be super lazy, especially on a Saturday, so I was glad to have a little extra motivation to get out and take some pictures!
For my self portrait I had considered messing around with some indoor flash and trying to create some moody lighting a-la @vmoldo (especially since that's something I'm really bad at), but I felt like getting outside and I decided that would be a more accurate self-portrait anyways!
Today (after a pancake breakfast and a tasty cup of fresh coffee) I headed over to Indian Run Falls which is about 20 minutes from my apartment. My idea was to take a picture of myself using a long exposure so that the falls would be smooth and I would be relatively sharp and in focus. I tried several different setups and compositions, but this is what I ended up liking the best. Turns out it's really freakin' hard to hold still for 4 seconds! I think I turned out reasonable sharp considering the shutter speed in this shot, but I have a lot of other pictures where I'm fuzzy or have a little trail showing where my body has moved. I used a 10 second timer to take this shot and barely had time to press the shutter-release then scramble into place with that amount of time.
I chose this setting and setup because I love nature and definitely feel most alive when I'm outdoors. I also enjoy finding beauty in settings that people often might not look for it. You wouldn't know it just looking at it, but this falls is in the middle of Dublin, OH and at the top of the gully there are lots of buildings within a couple hundred feet. Today was actually the first time that I'd gone to these falls, and now that I know how pretty they are I feel pretty dumb for not having been there before!
Let me know what you think!
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| Camera | Fuji X-T20 |
| Shutter Speed | 4 seconds |
| Aperture | f/22ish (manual lens, so I'm not positive) |
| ISO | 200 |
| Lens | Rokinon 12mm f/2 with 6 stop ND filter |
| Location | Dublin, OH |
Great work in staying so still. The effect is awesome.
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You're welcome! haha
Also great job finding all the natures and stuff!
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Thanks! Especially the stuff!
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Swanky dude! The lighting and effect is sweet!
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Hey thanks! I'm relatively happy with how it turned out, but would love to play with it more!
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This is sick Seth!
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Thanks Cam! Appreciate it.
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Nice selfie. Showing your physical self with a representation of your life style.
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Thanks Kieran! Glad you like it.
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this photo is very beautiful and perfect, if you hold the fishing pole maybe for me really amazing.
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wow its really amazing what scenery thanks for this great picture i thing its captured on a perfect timing and perfect angle too so keep it up and stay blessed and i also enjoyed your content too also thanks for great content .
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Location, composition, pose everything is just so perfect 😥😍😍😍. I hope to get to this point soon.
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It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
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hey you should consider submitting this to the contest ;)
https://steemit.com/photogames/@photogames/self-portrait-assignement-game-2-or-week-1
I can bend the rules and add you to the scoring anyway but putting it on the post will be helpful. haha
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Oh crap, forgot to do that! On it :)
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Look at you looking all pensive on that log.
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Nice. Loving seeing these self portraits for the photogames. Like a window into peoples souls. Ok perhaps not that far; but it shows a little of peoples personality.
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you have that on a walking distance. nice
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