2nd photo critique

1. Explain what Aperture this photographer may have used What elements of this photograph tell you this? Most likely the photographer, used a narrow aperture, it has motion blur, but there is no focal blur.

2. Explain what shutter speed this photographer may have used. How can you tell?
The photographer used a slower shutter to catch the motion of the 2 women fencing.

3. Describe how the lighting in this picture contributes to the overall tone or mood of the photograph? What would this photograph be like if it were shot under bad lighting conditions?
If this photo were to be shot under bad lighting the picture would be grainy and not as clear.
The lighting in this photo is just bright enough to allow the shutter to catch the 2 women in motion. With-out the correct settings and lighting this shot would be very hard to take.

4. Does this photograph demonstrate the Rule of thirds? Why or why not?
Yes, this photo is balanced out very well. The rule of thirds was most likely a tool used in this photo.

1. Explain what Aperture this photographer may have used What elements of this photograph tell you this? This photo was shot with a wide aperture as you can tell the depth of feild is very shallow and the baseball is all that is clear.

2. Explain what shutter speed this photographer may have used. How can you tell?
The photographer used a fast shutter to stop the motion of the baseball in mid-flight.

3. Describe how the lighting in this picture contributes to the overall tone or mood of the photograph? What would this photograph be like if it were shot under bad lighting conditions?
You would have to have great lighting to capture this shot, because the shutter wouldn't fire fast enough to stop the ball with out blur.

4. Does this photograph demonstrate the Rule of thirds? Why or why not?
This photo uses rule of thirds, you can see that by looking at the location of the ball it is crossing over the left intersecting point, if you can see the baseball player in the background, he is around another intersecting point on the right side of the photo.

1. Explain what Aperture this photographer may have used What elements of this photograph tell you this? The photographer most likely used a narrow aperture to capture this photo, this photo has a very deep depth of field.

2. Explain what shutter speed this photographer may have used. How can you tell?
The photographer used a fast shutter, you can tell by the motion of the ooze that is coming out of the fire plane and smoke, all the motion is stopped.

3. Describe how the lighting in this picture contributes to the overall tone or mood of the photograph? What would this photograph be like if it were shot under bad lighting conditions?
The lighting had helped this photo with all the dimensions in the shot, around the clouds of smoke and fire debris the light gives it a glowing out line that brings out the texture in the clouds.

4. Does this photograph demonstrate the Rule of thirds? Why or why not?
This photo demonstrates the rule of thirds, by balancing out the subject matter across the photo and not having it clumped together.