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A great demonstration of how light direction affects the resulting highlights. As Steve shows in his photos, it is worth the effort to play with light positioning.

 

A simple way of demonstrating this effect is to take a newly minted coin with a relief face and observe the reflected highlights as the coin is rotated under a single point light source. The mood, details, etc. really stand out, regardless of the subject matter.

 

Nicely shown, Steve!

Don,

    

    Looking foward to that article! I miss seeing your photos. There are so many good photographers here and I would love to gets some helpful hints on taking a good picture. Mine are always hit or miss. I know there are already itemized forums here but Eliot might be right on starting a new photo forum . It could only help OGR by getting more great shots.

 

Steve C.

Let's get this started.  Light source to you backside and above most of the time does a decent job of illumination.  Flash has a tendency to wash out most pictures.  Everything I know about photograph?? .   Recent photo of my Grandson's engine, the light is the wrong way, but the picture had some character, IMO.

I tried to get this guy to adjust to the proper lighting.





These guys were a little more co-operative. Early morning light was to my back.

Point and shot, old Cannon A 520, with a lot of luck, even with Micah's model GP 20.
Bridger-Teton Wilderness National Forest, 2008 trail crew.

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