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Welcome! This is the place where you can share your photos for the “Glowing Scenery” photo assignment, participate in discussion with fellow assignment photographers, and ask any questions you might have about the assignment to Lenspiration team members.
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Here are some of my “glowing” photos. Watch the weather for a day when you can take advantage of some glowing sunshine to photograph scenery in your area!
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@jamesstaddon what time of day is best to achieve these photos?
@warrior-princess near golden hour would be a good time! Using the light as backlight can help create a glow.
Thank you, @musicgal and @lenspirationlydia!
Oh and just a little backlight tip for everyone if you’re shooting with a wide aperture…
If you want to keep a “hazy” feeling out of your backlit photos, you’re going to want to make sure the sun isn’t directly coming into your lens. If the end of the lens is shaded (either by a lens hood, by an actual shadow, or by an object blocking the sun), it’ll cut the haze. Conversely, if you want the sun flare (when done well, it’s not a bad effect), then allow the sun to come into the end of your lens.
@lenspirationlydia I actually was just experimenting not 10 minutes ago with avoiding the direct sunlight coming into my lens! This puts my thoughts into better words than I could write for my notes. 🙂
Here are my photo submissions. Since I’m new to photography forgive me if these photos don’t utilize backlighting. I tried my best but I couldn’t find a nice subject that would go well with the photo assignment and I’m unfamiliar with how to use backlighting. Unfortunately I took a picture with my moms car in the background and didn’t notice until later. I tried cropping it but I don’t think it is the right dimensions. I hope to submit more photos when the sun comes out so if any of you have suggestions I would love it!
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Welcome to Lenspiration, @flamewriter! Yes, you’ve utilized backlighting in all these photos! Backlighting is when the direction of light is coming from behind your subject.
Keep looking for picturesque locations to shoot, and finding ways to simplify scenes! Often you can crop out distractions when you’re out there with the camera simply by zooming in, or re-positioning yourself to block or hide distracting elements.
Here are some of my submissions. I have a bad cold, so I am not sure if I will be able to shoot anymore before the deadline.
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I didn’t have time to shoot before the deadline, so all of these are ones I’ve taken in the past.
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