“Tybee Island Twilight”
Canon 7D f2.8 Canon 16-35mm zoom II @16mm (EFL 25mm) ISO 1250 f5.6@ 1/180th – handheld
One of my favorite qualities of light as a landscape photographer is pictured in this shot. It involves shooting away from the rising or setting sun about halfway through civil twilight. Shooting away from the light means much less contrast which makes getting detail in most areas of your image much easier with one frame. And without needing the aid of a split neutral density filter. Colors are usually softer and less vivid which can lead to a more balanced image where other subjects (like the biker here who has stopped to take a photograph of the sunset) can have more visual weight because they are not being overwhelmed by the screaming color and contrast that is more typical of shooting straight into the area of the sky where the sun is about to rise or has just set.
Starting later tonight and throughout the weekend I will be posting a series of some of my favorite Instagram pictures from the last few weeks of iphone photography. You can follow my Instagram feed @themindfuleye.
WOW, everything is right where it should be, foreground, midground and background. Beautifully done.
This does illustrate the admonition to photographers to turn around and look in all directions. The appearance of the guy on a bike was certainly serendipitous. His presence adds a lot to the scene, at least for me.
Speaking of Instagram, I can view your images there, but can’t comment, as I can’t have an account, apparently, unless I have a smart phone! Bummer.
Hey Wes and Flo….thank you for being here…. the guy on the bike was taking pictures too….. I first photographed him with my phone and he came over and I showed him the picture….when he rode off I got out the DSLR and made a series of pictures as he stopped to take pictures of what was one of the most spectacular sunsets I have seen in years…..Craig