thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 10月12日 06時53分

Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety
Mute swan and cygnet - An adult female mute swan, backlit by evening sunlight, shakes the water droplets off her head as her cygnet looks on. Like a great many wildlife photographers I am quite partial to a bit of backlighting and, used effectively and intelligently it can produce some very appealing results. It is also one of the lighting techniques where there is a much greater amount of latitude than, for example, front lighting. With this latitude comes a great deal more creative control for the photographer and therefore more ability to interpret a scene/subject how we prefer. As an example when capturing this image I wanted to retain a fair amount of detail in both the swan and the cygnet and so I sacrificed detail in the highlights in order to achieve this. I have effectively blown the highlights but this was a conscious decision and one that I’m glad that I made. Conversely, had the detail in the highlights been important to what I wanted to reveal then by exposing for them, as opposed to the main body of the swan, then both swan and cygnet would have been rendered as distinctive silhouettes, framed by an outline of light. Examples of this can be seen in some of my earlier posts of the cygnets shaking, standing on a weir against a jet black backdrop. It all comes to do individual interpretation at the end of the day and for me the deciding factor is usually the quality and direction of the light, the type of backdrop and how this will be affected and of course whatever behaviour the subject is displaying. It's worth noting that the most important element when shooting animals/birds using backlighting is to make sure that your lens is shaded from the direct sunlight otherwise you’ll get lens flare. Please #followme at @andyparkinsonphoto to keep up-to-date with my images @ナショナルジオグラフィック @natgeocreative @natgeoyourshot @National Geographic Travel @thephotosociety @andyparkinsonphoto #muteswan #cygnets #swanbabies #backlighting #phototips #UK #ethicsbeforeimages #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #derbyshire #wildlifephotography #animalsofinstagram #wild_animalsgram #animalonearth #wildlifeaddicts_ #animal_beauty #nature_brilli

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