Aperture

I'm taking advantage of the power right now to submit homework and do things like post on my blog :). To the girls from my class: you get to see my pictures early, because I think Hurricane Sandy will probably knock out our power at some point! ;)
This past week, we were set loose to work on using aperture to capture photos with expansive and shallow depths of field. On my walk in the woods, I ended up with about a 2/1 ratio of random pictures to pictures for homework. I really need to work on focusing. Anyway, here are my aperture photos: 

Expansive depth of field.

Shallow depth of field. 

And these are some of my other homework/random shots.

 Narsil, a sword from Lord of the Rings. These pictures turned out way too blue, and after I fixed the problem, I decided to go shoot something else. And yes, I really am ADD.

More shallow DOF shots

  

I liked the colors in this picture.

 Leaves in a puddle covered with a sheen of oil.

A wild Lamb's Ear plant.

 

I'm not quite sure whether this is good or bad. It was taken on the highway, and I think the high speeds are what makes it look kind of like a painting. 

These aren't particularly good, but it was something I'd never seen before. This was smack in the middle of the sky. 

I darkened this picture a bit so that you could make out the rainbow better. It was perfectly dry on the ground, which made this an even more spectacular sight.

Just figured I'd throw in a closer shot of the vine that Elise was sitting on. There are several of these in the woods, and they make for awesome swings! (This picture got a bit blurry when I shrunk the image size - sorry about that)

Well, the power just turned off and on again, so I'm getting off now. All of you in the hurricane's path: stay safe! :)