For the new banner I decided to pick a picture that went with the season, even though this year we still haven’t gotten any snow since the freak snow storm that came at the end of October.
This picture was taken during a snow storm from the warmth of our family room. Here’s the original:
The bird house is on a tree, which sits right next to our kids’ jungle gym, hence the ladder steps. I liked the accumulation of the snow on the steps and the little roof, as well as the snowflakes blown around by the wind.
The picture was taken on February 16th, 2010, with my current dSLR, a Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi with my 70-300mm zoom lens set to 300mm. The camera was set to P, which picked the following settings: 1/400” @ f/7.1, ISO 400.
I cropped out the part I wanted to use, and then since it was still a little too tall I squeezed it a little by resizing it. The text was turned to black because it stood out more than if I left it white, because of all the snow. I like the final result!
No comments:
Post a Comment