Two Great Tricks - Using Backlighting and Moving In Close to Details

Thanks for your previous responses about the color vs. sepia tone. I agree - the color version is much more "right" feeling and satisfying.

Here are two final images from my bike ride. The first is a fun example of what you can do with backlighting. The general rule is to keep the sun at your back, and this is often a helpful guideline. But facing the sun can produce fun results like this. Just be careful not to look at the sun through your lens.

Too bad the backlit image is banding so much. This image uploading technology must have over JPEGed it. I will upload to my photo gallery at BetterPhoto.com and see if it looks better there.

This second example just shows the value of moving in close and filling the frame with your subject. For this image, I found the side by side difference in texture interesting. The wood and the rusty metal, as well as the graphic elements in the pattern, fascinated me.

Which one of these two images do you like better?

Comments

[Anita Taylor]

I like the top photo better. There is such an interesting shape to the silhouette with just a hint of detail. I also like the lights and the way the sun makes them glow, especially the green one!

[Shirley Cortesi]

Coool is the second...restful colors and , and just perfect

[Leslie]

the bottom, neater, more uniform-orderly