The secret of success
When taking photos directly towards a low, bright sun.
Is an umbrella.
(Of course passers by give you funny looks as you stand over your tripod holding an umbrella roughly above the camera, not so low that it appears in the viewfinder not so high that the sun shines under it and therefore not necessarily directly above the camera.)
However, this doesn't work if the sun is what you want to take pictures of. Then you have to resort to standing behind trees and stuff like that :)
Goodnight :)
(you get even funnier looks if you forgot the tripod and are therefore balancing the camera on top of a small cushion on top of a fence post while waving the umbrella with the other hand and bending over in a decidedly inelegant manner in order to see the viewfinder without dropping the whole delicate assemblage.)
(But quite diferent looks if you then glare at passing traffic as they travel through your perfectly composed shot just as the light changes)
Labels: shadows, too much light, umbrellas
6 comments:
I am giggling like a goose! I can see you hoping around with an umbrella and some fool driving by with this bemused look on his face!
Thank you for the tips! now all i have to do is find an umbrella the little dears haven't destroyed!
lol
i once used a soda can as a tripod..does that count???
Now THAT.....I'd love a photo of. LOL
Oh, the sacrifices you make for our viewing pleasure....
A soda can sounds like an excellent tripod to me Sorrow :)Maybe I shall add one to the assorted paraphanalia and junk I carry around 'just in case it comes in handy' :)
Ok so now you want me to add a mirror to the picture Mel :) Actually, now I think of it there is one in the hedge, just up the road. It's one of those convex ones for seeing if there's traffic coming. So you might see a rather odd shaped figure appearing here some time in the future (but don't hold your breath - it may take me a while to work out how to get it all together :)
LOL I wait in gleeful (!) anticipation!
no funny looks this end, only very admiring ones at your dedication to your art and the amazing results
time after time after time
X
Thank you dear I. Not so much dedication though as an elsewhereness of mind :)
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