The Yellow Skirt
I’ve come to love shots with flat, ambient light, taken just after the ‘glory hour’ of sunset. When working with black and white or duotone images, sometimes a scene is best photographed after the sun is already down. This results in zero shadows and even light across the entire frame, making it ideal for dodging and burning. As with yesterday’s post, sure, I’d love to have light on these flowers – it would definitely give them more ‘pop’. But there’s something to be said about the subtle, almost calming mood that comes from this scene…a mood which ‘pop’ tends to go against entirely. And yes, that’s a bit of social commentary.
What a beautiful field of flowers! The combination of colors here are quite unique. Interesting photo.
Oh, I’m just curious, did your Fine Art Photoblog group choose their new members?
Hey Diane, did you see the post that was released today on Blog.EpicEdits.com? We just announced the new members this morning and I’m really looking forward to having these talented folks as part of the group. Should be a little while ’til they get the hang of things and we have the blog itself updated, but be looking for new materials soon.
And thanks for your compliment on the image above, too. It’s a place I’ll be returning to again, hopefully the flowers will all still be there..