City - Peoria State - ARIZONA Country - United States
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I was playing around with backlighting and after uploading this and taking another look - think I had better play around some some with the lighting and the camera setting. I did like the way the lighting made some of the petals transparent - even with the slight blowout around the edges of the top center petal. Advice?
Here's an example of backlightng, Jan. http://www.usefilm.com/image/989049.html.
You can ONLY prevent burnout by checking both the highlight AND shadow values of the scene.
Use a reflector to balance the light ratio to something the camera can handle.
Digital cameras have a VERY low tolerance compared to film camers, so this kind of image will always require some thought beforehand to expose correctly.
If they exceed the camera's ability, they burnout - period. This will continue to chalenge photographers until digital technology improves, but it is not likely ever to match, say, Kodachrome 25 film.
It looks great to me. It seems when I tried this I had to get every light in the house before I found the right one. When you back light something it would stand to reason you would lose some of the detail on the front, right?? I think I ended up getting the look I wanted by actually lighting it from the front. I should take notes. I think I ended up with something like a Christmas light in a paper tube. Let me know what you come up with this is a beautiful flower.
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