On Wed, Oct 26, 2016, at 07:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not to be elitist about this, but I wouldn't take this shot if the light > > wasn't acceptable - I don't see a reason to capture the image when I know > > it already has major faults built it - YMMV > > > I appreciate your thoughts Ken, and you are of course correct. > > I took the image despite the fact that the light was less than ideal, for > several reasons. > > 1. I act before I think. > 2. In a way, the harshness of the light conveys the feeling of the > parched > desert I saw better than an image taken during the golden hour. It may > be > ugly and stark, but in a way so was the landscape, except for this > magnificent brave tree clinging on to like. > 3. I was recording the trip, and was not going to be able to return.
Exactly. If I'd only taken photos in good light on my trip western USA in 2013, I'd have come home with very little to remember the trip. When you're travelling as much as we were, you have to accept the conditions you're given on arrival. We had awful light and high winds when we were at the Grand Canyon, for example, but the chances of me ever returning are slim (sadly!) so I fired away! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
