The new photo project was to take a closer look at things, and enter the macro side of photography. After walking around for a while I chose to shoot the paddles scattered around the trailer. All of the paddles had very cool patterns and lines through out them. With the typical paddle shot being the whole paddle often with someone kayaking with it, it was interesting to zoom in and take a closer look at the motor behind whitewater kayaks.

This shot is of a paddle shaft. With most of the background as well as most of the paddle being out of foucs it really draws the eye into the one focused section with the diamond pattern. This was shot at a f-stop of 4.8 for 1/50th of a second at an ISO of 100. Photo (c) Sam Fulbright.

This is a very similar shot, but it was focused on the paddle blade. I used the bright light on the left side to wash out that half of the picture and draw the focus to the upper right side. By leaving the top right corner open it allows the viewer a little something extra to think about besides just the pattern of the paddle blade. This was shot at a f-stop of 4.2 for 1/60th of a second at an ISO of 100. Photo (c) Sam Fulbright

This shot opens up to more than one paddle. It keeps the patterns of all the paddles in view, but offers up a few different patterns to view. I kept the main focus on the silver paddle blade because of the black ring in the middle. I think this offers a nice contrast to the pattern of the paddle by having a rugged piece of tape in the middle. This was shot at a F-stop of 8 for 1/250th of a second at an ISO of 100. Photo (c) Sam Fulbright