Great examples Paul.
What lens were you using.
Dave
> 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
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