Grace and I went for a walk at magic hours, so I shot some lighting examples. To me, the three basic magic hour lighting schemes are ball up (just before it dips below the horizon), ball down, and ball down backlit with clouds in the east. These are not memorable shots. The third one is okay. But they serve to illustrate the light. I temperature corrected to suit my pleasure in the RAW converter. But I made no effort to make them all the same. Color temp isn't a problem when shooting digital RAW. You can go wherever you want without loss.
Here's Grace at magic hour with the ball up. The major advantage of shooting at this time is that the angle of the light is behind camera. But it's a bit hard and very warm. I cooled it down here, but left some warmth to show the effect. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662865 Here's Grace with the ball down. Ball down light is not as warm as ball up, and it's less harsh. She's facing southwest, so the light is coming in at a bit of any angle, but it's soft and reasonably diffuse. This shot might be a wee bit soft, but it serves the purpose in terms of illustrating the light. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662873 Finally, here's Grace with the ball down facing east. A bank of clouds in the east is reflecting light back at her. The light is very soft and diffuse. This is my favorite magic hour light. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4662884 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
