Assignment 1

Lab 3: Noise Reduction & WB

Using the setting noise reduction on my camera did make a difference even though the effect of this setting is very subtle. I barely noticed it just looking at the images but you can tell the difference once zoomed in to the details in the images. I don't think my images lost any detail but that could also be because I chose an area with a lot of contrast so it might have been easier for my camera to focus and meter. I definitely will continue to use this setting when taking pictures, it really proves to make a difference if you want a well detailed image. I saw that it proved to be most effective at the lowest ISO for my image series. The best one in my opinion without losing sharpness was the first image for sure at 200 ISO and my noise reduction setting on.

Image 1: A=18 Sh=15 (on) ISO=200
Image 2: A=18 Sh=8 (off) ISO=200
Image 3: A=18 Sh=40 (on) ISO=800
Image 4: A=18 Sh= 40 (off) ISO=800
Image 5: A=18 Sh=125 (on) ISO=1600 (highest)
Image 6: A=18 Sh=160 (off) ISO=1600 (highest)

For the WB exercise, the setting 'AWB' is what made the image look the sharpest and most natural of the 3. Once I switched to the 'shade' setting, the image colour became very warm and there was a lot more contrast, although the image still came out very sharp. Finally the 'florescent' image made the image very cool compared the shade preset. Again the image came out very sharp still. The WB changes only changed the overall colour composite of each image but not the quality. 

Last but not least, I chose the 'incandescent' WB setting for my last image and again it only changed the colour composite of the image. It made the colour scheme very cool by turning my entire image blue, although I also noticed the image was much darker than the other ones.

Lab 2: Apert

Still Life: Shallow DOF = 4 Med DOF = 8 Deep DOF = 11