Better Photography Week 2

This week's lesson had to do with ISO and shutter speed. It taught that low ISOs should be used when there is an abundance of light and high ISOs when there is less so. The shutter speed can be adjusted to capture greater detail in the photo.

For this weeks lesson, I placed a vase in the sink and used different shutter speeds to capture the spray of the water in different aspects. I struggled to get good pictures in this lesson, and I think one of my major challenges was the amount of light available. My first attempt at shooting was done at night, but none of the shots came out well (even when I adjusted my ISO to 3200). Then I attempted during the day, but I still don't think there was enough natural light available. I would like to repeat this lesson outside with a brook or another source of running water. Here were my results:


This one is from my first attempt and was taken at night time. It is not a very good shot- due to the high ISO it came out very grainy.
1/100s, ISO: 3200, f/5.6 S

This one was taken during the daytime, and I think it is a much better picture.
1/60s, ISO 1600, f/6.3

This is my favorite picture of the set. With the higher shutter speed, you get a crisp shot of the water flow and water droplets.
1/160s, ISO 400, f/5.6

For a final experiment, I put my camera on a tripod and set the shutter to stay open for 1 second. As you can see, the flow of water looks solid with such a low shutter speed.
1 second, ISO 1600, f/36