Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HI, i find that i prefer not to use a filter on my lenses but use the color of the natural light during the morning hours and evening hours. take a look at NG and you'll find that almost 80% of the photos have been shot during those 'warm-glow' hours. There is no cheating which can be easily detected by the position of the shadows. Anyone living in Europe or the US is lucky since you have a long warm-glow time everyday compared to us poor devils near the equator where we not only sweat a lot getting to locations, but our warm-glow hours are very few since the sun drops like a basketball through the net or pops up like ... bang there it is and it has nothing better to do than to rush upwards and turn the light all miserable and blue. Besides the color of the light, shadows are equally important and make the difference between a 'normal' image and one that touches the realm of spectacular. Look at old master Adams and you'll find that he preferred the 'glow-light' hours even though he worked in b/w, simply for the shadows which make an image three dimensional and interesting to spectacular. Hermann Moll Photographic on-line Portfolio at: http://www.photo-expressions.com - e-mail: info@photo-expressions.com Documentary - editorial - travel - stock, commercial & assignment Photography Don't miss a visit to see the latest addition to my on-line portfolio