Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny showed: >>> Picture A Week Seven was taken last Monday night on "Lundi Gras," on > New Orleans' Magazine Street, just a few blocks from two huge parades. > > http://www.sonc.com/paw2/magazine.htm<< Hi Sonny, Good one! But in this shot there is a very good learning point for folks about shooting as the day moves into the twilight zone. .......and that is........... "the direction you're shooting at this time of early evening." If one is looking for street shooting evening-time, then look for photo situations facing to the west. Why? Because there will be light in the western sky after the sun goes down, leaving some detail/colour to the sky and not just a black void losing building detail and form. Sure it doesn't always work out that way, but if you seek locations with the western sky in mind it's quite surprising how much better one's twilight zone photographs become. To examine whether this works or not, go out and look at the eastern and western skies after the sun goes down or until the eastern sky has gone black, then look west and up to a certain time there will be a faint glow to enhance your photographs. When we've been on assignments and evening scenes are required the first thing that comes out is the compass for east-west orientation, then the hunt begins. :-) Thanks Sonny for providing the teaching material. ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html