Project 43: Through the day

The aim of this project was to observe how light changes throughout the day, but taking a photo of the same scene once per hour through the day. I chose a simple scene (two trees with autumn leaves) across the road so that it was easy to access at hourly intervals. The quality of light was distinctly better (nicer for photography) at the start and end of the day, though I didn't capture any nice sunset or sunrise colours in the sky. It was very interesting simply to observe the changes through the day, as well as documenting them with the camera. I learnt early (9am!) that before I chose my viewpoint I should have thought about where the sun would pass through the sky! It went straight through my planned image, so that one was a write-off! Oh well, it's all a learning experience! Most elements were kept the same through the day - tripod, 50mm lens, ISO100, f/8 apart from the 5pm photo which was f/2.8 due to the low light levels, White Balance set to sunlight. The exposure changed as the light levels did.

7am

1sec

8am

1/45sec

9am

1/250s

10am

1/90s

11am

1/90s

12pm

1/125s

1pm

1/125s

2pm

1/90s

3pm

1/60s

4pm

1/20s

5pm

8sec