I believe that the three photos above are my strongest three photos, out of the 150 photos that I shot.
For the first photo, I set up my pumpkin with three candles from a set, with each candle standing at a different height, on top of my mantle. In a dark room, with the only light coming from the candles, I set up my tripod and camera very close to the set up, with an exposure of 1/100, and an ISO of 6400.
For the second photo, I took my pumpkin outside onto my front porch, where you may typically find a carved pumpkin at the end of every October. As this is a Halloween tradition, I decided to surround the pumpkin with candy, and I even strung up some fake spiderwebs on and around the pumpkin and candy, sticking to a Halloween theme. Using the lights from my front door, I set up my tripod a few feet away and zoomed in a little bit for this shot, and used an exposure of 1/8 and an ISO of 6400.
For the third photo, I set up my pumpkin on the bench of my back deck, and surrounded it with the many leaves that have fallen this month. Using the light from the outside of the house on my deck, I set up my tripod a few feet away, and took this photo with and exposure of 1/8 and an ISO of 6400.
