Points of Light Photo

Photographer’s Note

I realize that normally one shouldn't shoot into sunlight. However, in this case I did so because the subject is enhanced by the light - that is, the tips of her hair "shine" in the sunlight.

I realize that the two boys are distracting, but there isn't much to do about that, is there?

Dave

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kaychambers (1196) 2004-07-20 6:03

The backlighting works very well in this situation Mr Larson. With two onlookers straddling the main subject I personally think it is OK, but then again, I am commonly guilty of diverging from the norm. Lets class this as revolutionary photography, eh?

Well done David,

Best regards,

Vic, Singapore. 20th July 2004

cdewet (0) 2004-07-20 14:36

David
The backlighting here works very well. The only proplem being the DOF - too deep. For this, you require an F2 or larger, to throw the BG out of focus. By the way, I forgot to mention, the longer the lens, the shallower the dof comared with a shorter lens shot at the same f-stop, Teles compres perspective. Your best oerall lens for portrais are in the rane of 85 - 135 mm, but a fast lens, for the reason of the dof mentioned.

ishai (4093) 2004-07-20 17:04