Paul, Here are some more examples from the golden hour - both sunrise and sunset.
http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Specials.html http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/GoldenSunset.html http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Winter.html http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/WinterSunrise2.jpg Regards, Bob S. On 7/9/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grace and I went for a walk at magic hours, so I shot some lighting > examples. To me, the three basic magic hour lighting schemes are ball > up (just before it dips below the horizon), ball down, and ball down > backlit with clouds in the east. These are not memorable shots. The > third one is okay. But they serve to illustrate the light. I > temperature corrected to suit my pleasure in the RAW converter. But I > made no effort to make them all the same. Color temp isn't a problem > when shooting digital RAW. You can go wherever you want without loss. > > Here's Grace at magic hour with the ball up. The major advantage of > shooting at this time is that the angle of the light is behind camera. > But it's a bit hard and very warm. I cooled it down here, but left some > warmth to show the effect. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662865 > Here's Grace with the ball down. Ball down light is not as warm as ball > up, and it's less harsh. She's facing southwest, so the light is coming > in at a bit of any angle, but it's soft and reasonably diffuse. This > shot might be a wee bit soft, but it serves the purpose in terms of > illustrating the light. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662873 > Finally, here's Grace with the ball down facing east. A bank of clouds > in the east is reflecting light back at her. The light is very soft and > diffuse. This is my favorite magic hour light. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662884 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
