> On Dec 18, 2021, at 10:03 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Larry. Yes, I quite agree. Perhaps I need to look at using a suitable > filter on sunny days (camera sun-glasses)? Any ideas?
I think that you’re running into the reason that people like to shoot at golden or blue hour. The undiffused point source of light from the sun gives hard edges to the shadows and contrasty light. Unfortunately what lends itself to good photos is directional diffuse light. Just a big flat grey sky will give you flat images. In theory, if you could get the animals to pose in the shade, that would help, but it’s hard enough to get wild animals to pose, much less to get them to pose in a place with ideal light. I also think that the clouds really made the sky a lot more interesting. I think that it’s probably just a case of jumping on the opportunity to photograph on days where you have cloudy, but not totally socked in skies. Either that, or just appreciate the chances you do have of seeing animals that most of us only ever see in zoos. Every single one of your photos is better than any I have ever taken of lions, Elephants etc. -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
