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Assignment: Pick a Mode, Any Mode
Don't be bashful! If you want comments, give comments. You don't need to be an expert photographer to express your opinion about the work of others. You don't need to go into great depth. A simple remark about cropping, composition, color, subject matter, etc. can be of just as much help to a budding photographer as an in-depth critique.
Chances are that regardless of what type or brand of digital camera you own, it is packed with a selection of scene modes that let you take quick-and-easy shots of everything from night landscapes to close-ups of bugs in your garden. For this assignment, choose a mode that relates to a subject you enjoy shooting, and then photograph it using the related scene mode. It’s easy to leave the camera “in the green” and never explore the rest of the exposure-mode dial, and so hopefully this exercise will get you comfortable with other modes.
For this assignment, I decided to see just how close I could get to one of my favorite flowers — the beautiful bleeding hearts that grow with wild abandon in my garden. I used a 105mm Nikkor micro lens and put my Nikon dSLR in the close-up mode, which automatically turned on the built-in flash (you can see some highlights in the pink area of the flower reflecting the flash). There’s only a tiny amount of depth of field in the shot — but then again, the flower bud is only the size of your thumbnail. Taken at 1/60 second, f/10, at ISO 200.
Remember to visit www.pwassignments.com after you complete this assignment and share your favorite photo! It’s a community of enthusiastic photographers and a great place to view what other readers have created. You can also post comments, and read encouraging suggestions and feedback.
