In the Hood

Last night, I decided to walk around my neighborhood and see what I could take pictures of that were at least mildly interesting. A few things caught my eye as I was experimenting with different modes. The stop sign by my house was recently painted by ESD kids to say "STOP That". I also live on Meadow road, so they took the Meadow sign, and painted "Elizabeth MEADOW's is sexy". While I found this amusing, I scoured on for other things. I found a cool spider web with the craziest looking spider, some more graffiti or paint, this time on a trash can, and a sweet alleyway that I might start exploring more. Because it was later in the day (around 6:30), I wanted to make my pictures a little underexposed (darker) to give them a cooler look. So for most of my pictures, I have a large aperture (5.6), a fast shutter speed (1/500), and a lower ISO (800). All of these things gave my pictures a darker look without completely underexposing them. I really enjoyed walking around my neighborhood and I am excited to see what else it has in store for me.