April 02, 2005
Backlighting Branches & Barns - On The Ranch
Took this several weekends ago. I liked how most of the them came out. The first one has been a small study I had been planning to shot but needed the right sunset and mesquite trees to do it. I had attempted the same look in the past, without much success. You must have a tripod! Otherwise everything gets blurred. I imagine an enlargement of that would be pretty interesting.
The other image is taken while backlight by the sunset. I hadn't planned to take this pictures, as I snapped it out of the windom of my jeep. It was too good to pass up, a couple of these shots came out well. I was using a 70-300 zoom lenses with the Canon at the time, which seems to blur easily without a tripod. This ended up being another exercise in how still I could make the camera and take a picture at the same time. It can be challenging, using your surroundings.
These photos are dedicated to Pope John Paul II, which I learned just passed away a little bit ago. He is seeing something more beautiful now.
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