Bannack Best

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1. Kettles: 5-15-09; 1 p.m.; Bannack; f 2.1; 1/30; Sony CDMavica; Macro
2. Hotel Meade: 5-15-09; 3 p.m.; Bannack; f 8.0; 1/500; Sony CDMavica; Aperture Priority
3. Magic Chef: 5-15-09; 2 p.m.; Bannack; f 2.1; 1/30; Sony CDMavica; Macro
4. Red Car: 5-15-09; 4 p.m.; Bannack; a combination of three photographs taken using a tripod and Auto Exposure Bracketing (+1, 0, -1) made with Dynamic Photo
5. Chanae Ghost: 5-15-09; 5 p.m.; Bannack; f 8.0; 1.6; Sony CDMavica; Shutter Speed Priority

I had a fantastic time visiting Bannack State Park in Montana and taking these shots. There were so many fun items and buildings to photograph, but my amateur skills just don't do them justice. If you haven't been to Bannack, browse my shots and imagine what they would look like through the lens of your own camera.

Although I know it's a common Bannack photo, I also enjoyed taking Shot 5 of the red car. I combined three photos using the Dynamic Photo program to achieve an optimal exposure. I took each of three individual shots using an f-stop of 8.0 to get a deep focus area.

Shot 6, of my fabulous ghost model Chanae, was taken in Hotel Meade. To achieve the ghost affect, I set the Shutter Speed Priority to 1.6 seconds, and Chanae posed against the wall. About a half of a second after I took the picture, I had Chanae run out of the frame. This allowed the camera to capture only a see-through version of her.