Picture of the day - July 7, 2008

Floating fishing dock - Orange, Texas

Photo courtesy of Bill Perry. Sometimes it can be fun to play around with your camera's settings and take a few pictures in ways that you don't usually consider to be "correct", and today's beautiful picture of a floating fishing dock in Orange, Texas is a perfect example. Photographer Bill Perry captured this intriguing image using a super-fast shutter speed which seems to have turned day into night (or at least early evening). By taking a much shorter exposure than normal, the lens let in just enough light to show the trees in silhouette and give the water a dark blue hue from the reflected sky. The result is an image that lends a new look to an ordinary, run of the mill scene. Great job Bill! The camera and settings used to create this image are as follows: Camera: Olympus E-510 Aperture: f/4.50 Shutter speed: 1/4000 second ISO: 100 Focal length: 14mm     Visitor Comments... Name: Sallie Town: Unknown Awesome photo! Bill is doing a great job with his photography and I know he is loving it! Thanks Bill, Sallie     Name: Lori (Perry) Beaty Town: Thanks to the US Navy, now we live in Portland, Oregon...used to be Orange, Texas. Dad, this is a great retirement hobby for you!! Great picture!! You have always been a great photographer!! I love you, Lori   Click here to comment on this picture.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!                                 Place the "Picture of the Day" on your website, for free! Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"