thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 4月23日 05時09分

Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety
Backlit mute swan and cygnet – Backlighting is never the easiest form of lighting to use but it can often be one of the most effective. The challenge is being able to shield your lens from the sun, to prevent annoying lens flare, and to be able to shoot your subject against an appropriate background. To maximise the dramatic effect of backlighting it’s best, wherever possible, to shoot your subject against a dark background as this allows the rim lighting to really shine. In this image, which starkly contrasts the difference in form between an adult and her cygnet I have exposed entirely for the golden fluffy highlights on the edge of the cygnet. This brightly lit fluff required an exceptionally fast exposure (1/1600sec at F8, ISO 400) and by exposing solely for this this, and by referencing my histogram to check, it has allowed the distant forest, itself in shadow as the sun is setting behind it, to fall into massive underexposure. I also set my exposure manually so that I had complete control over this and as the sun slowly set, and thereby required incrementally slower exposures I would check every now and again and adjust my exposure accordingly. The reason that I was shooting on manual is because the light was completely consistent but I was zooming in and out on my 200-400mm lens, shooting varying compositions which sometimes included more cygnets. Even though the required exposure remained the same on aperture priority I would have gotten varying exposure readings and therefore more inaccurate exposures. In this image the adult is feeding on some algae growing on the weir whilst the cygnet is stretching his little wings. Please #followme at @andyparkinsonphoto to keep up-to-date with my images @andyparkinsonphoto @ナショナルジオグラフィック @thephotosociety #muteswan #backlighting #ethicsbeforeimages #phototips #educateandinspire #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #donoharm #wild_animalsgram #animalonearth #wildlifeaddicts_ #animal_beauty #nature_brilliance #nationalanimals #EarthDay

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