shadow and light

I am pushing it at 1/20s, but it seems to come out OK.

F/5.6
1/20 s

Flash comparison

Taken with Metz 30BCT4 ( 20 yr old model) F/5.6 1/60s Manual

Taken with built-in pop-up flash F/4.5 1/60s Auto Mode

Me and Jamie

Jamie and I in our living room.

(cropped)
F/4.5
1/80 sec

Marina, post production level adjustment comparison

Marina F/3.5 1/640 sec EV +1 CPL

This one was fixed by changing the level

Exploratorium and water

Exploratorium

F/4.0
1/160 sec

California Coast

California Coastal line

** I tried EV -2 , but realized that I did not care about detail of water. So I rolled it back to EV +0

F/5
1/400

Betty and the Bridge

Betty and the Bridge

** I love the color. CPL did a good job of filtering out all the haze I did not want

F/10
1/160 sec
CPL

Betty by the Bay

Betty by the Bay

Betty sits against the light. Flash at this distance (roughly 6 ft.) did a great job.

F/4.5
1/160 sec
EV +1.0
Flash

Green with Shades

Green with shades

I did not really need flash, but Flash gave the green shades and depth.

F/4.2
1/100 sec
Flash

city afar, ripples ashore

city afar, ripples ashore

** EV+1 gave the water texture and luckily the city afar is still visible.

F/4.5
1/160 sec
EV +1.0

Light house

Light house

** Thanks to the boat in white to balance the dark tone of the light house.

F/8
1/640 sec.
CPL

Marine

Marine

** Color of the wharf contrast the predominant blue, while the whalf parallizing the dock, the lines radiate from left central.

F/11
1/200 sec

Exploratorium

Exploratorium

F/5
1/160 sec.

Golden Gate from the South Side

Golden Gate from the South side

** Shooting the bridge against the light. Thanks to the crashing waves down below, this picture doesn't look too boring.

F/6.3
1/200 sec

Golden Gate

Golden Gate Bridge ** I toned the CPL down a little so it does not look as dramatic as the other Golden Gate picture above. F/4.5 1/250 sec. EV + 0.7

Golden Gate with CPL ** CPL makes the color more vibrant F/6.3 1/200 sec CPL

from kitchen to living area

Do I need something to fill in this space?

living room

my house work in progress..