I like direct light. I'm not advocating for flat light. I just like
interesting light. Life seems too short to try to gussy up photos that
if shot as slides would have gone into the trash.
Confession: I am arguing with myself. I spend a LOT of time trying to
gussy up not very interesting photos.
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Joel Wilcox
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On Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:21 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On 9/10/2011 7:49 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> > I like the first shot quite a lot and I don't mind the Zone IX, but I
> > think it is unfortunate for the composition that such a big chunk of the
> > right flower is undifferentiated white.
> >
> > I guess I'll be interested if you find a rule to cover these situations.
> > I know that when I was shooting slide, I just didn't shoot that kind of
> > subject in that kind of light. I think one can salvage more with
> > digital, but the result often just doesn't look quite right to my eyes.
>
> I'm still of the opinion that carefully done shots in that sort of light
> are worth trying. I recall making that point a
> while ago when Brian advocated only shooting flowers is flat light,
> shade, overcast, diffuser, etc.
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