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Picture This!
Made In The Shade
By Shutterbug Staff • April, 2005
Our Picture This! assignment this month was “made in the shade”;
pictures made under overcast sky, dark forest canopies, or anywhere the bright
sun doesn’t shine. Ask a wedding photographer, for example, his or her
preference for a wedding day’s shoot and generally they’ll tell
you one with a good cloud cover, even though the bride and groom might be looking
for a sunny day. Why? Outdoor shots with less contrast, and less problem with
that bright, white dress outdoors. The same goes for experienced color photographers,
who know that they can get deep, rich colors when the sky provides a luminescent
glow without a dazzling sun; it’s almost like having a large diffuse softbox
illuminating every scene. Readers sent in a variety of images, all made in the
shade, proving that even when the sky is less than bright blue you can get some
great shots.
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Echo
Lake, Acadia National Park, Maine: Photographer George Oze sent
us a portfolio of great shots, and this was one of our favorites.
He photographed with a Canon PowerShot Pro1 with a Singh-Ray warming
polarizer over the lens and a two-stop graduated neutral density
filter on his Cokin lens adapter holder. His exposure at ISO 50
was f/8 at 5 seconds.
© 2004, George Oze, All Rights Reserved
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Cabin In The Woods: Anthony Dunn found this idyllic escape in
the eastern Sierra Nevada range. He worked with a Konica Minolta
A2 and exposed at f/3.5 at 1/13 sec at ISO 100.
© 2004, Anthony Dunn, All Rights Reserved
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Kentucky
Morning: Terry Yarbrough wrote, “Searching for horse shots
along Lexington, Kentucky’s Bluegrass Driving Tour on an
overcast and foggy morning I happened upon this colorful scene.
Drizzling rain and my polarizer further enhanced the vivid colors.”
Yarbrough shot with a Canon EOS 10D and 17-40mm f/4L EF lens.
Exposure was f/18 at 2.5 seconds.
© 2004, Terry Yarbrough, All Rights Reserved
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Waterfall:
Clyde Dexter caught all the shimmering light of this peaceful
scene in Arkansas with a Nikon D70 and 18-70mm lens.
© 2004, Clyde Dexter, All Rights Reserved
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Chairs
In The Wind: Hurricane Ivan supplied the arrangement of the chairs
and Jim Mitchell, on a trip to the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova
Scotia, made the shot with his Nikon D2H and Nikon 28-105mm zoom
lens. Exposure was f/8 at 1/45 sec at ISO 400.
© 2004, Jim Mitchell, All Rights Reserved
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Winter Color:
Curt A. Christianssen wrote, “The leaves were late to change
color in my neighborhood in Irvine, California. The colors exploded
after a night of rain under the diffused light of the cloud cover.”
He worked with a Nikon D100 and Nikkor 24-85mm lens, with the
rig mounted on a Hakuba carbon-fiber tripod with a Kirk ball head.
Exposure was f/22 at 2 seconds.
© 2004, Curt A. Christianssen, All Rights Reserved
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Watercolor
Roses: Marsha S. Liebl made this photograph through a “very
old windowpane” on a summer’s morn with a Canon EOS
Elan and Canon 100mm macro lens with an 81B filter on Fujichrome
Velvia. Exposure was f/8 at 1/30 sec.
© 2004, Marsha S. Liebl, All Rights Reserved
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Magnolias
In Bloom: M.W. Forton made this open-shade floral in Williamsburg,
Virginia, with a Canon EOS 10D and a Canon EF 28-105mm USM lens.
© 2004, M. W. Forton, All Rights Reserved
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Las
Vegas, New Mexico: Leon Ullensvang made this photograph of an
historic building in Las Vegas, New Mexico, shortly after dawn
on a cloudy day. He wrote, “The bright colors and architectural
details against the white background captured my attention.”
He worked with a Nikon N90s and Nikon 70-300mm lens and photographed
on Fujichrome Velvia.
© 2004, Leon Ullensvang, All Rights Reserved
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Greenbriar
Stream: Made in late morning on an overcast day in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, photographer Gary W. Potts shot with
a Nikon F5 and 20-25mm Nikkor lens mounted on a Gitzo tripod with
Kirk ball head on Fujichrome Velvia film.
© 2004, Gary W. Potts, All Rights Reserved
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