Patti takes the lead this week.
Lest we ignore the sun’s alter ego, quietly hiding in the… shadow…
It’s a no-brainer that the light must be at some angle other than directly overhead in order to produce a shadow. Even a difference of a morning half hour or so makes a difference in this view of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado:
Canyons are good shadow subjects:
This poor Hemingway imitation, converted to B&W and heavily tweaked, shows what software can, or can’t do:
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Excellent choices of photos, John!
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Thank you Miriam! 🙏
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Those canyon examples really show the contrasts between light and shade. I always find such landscapes tricky to get right but yours have both worked – I especially like the first of them in Colorado 🙂
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Tricky, agreed. Some of my shots were over exposed in the light backgrounds in order to see in the shadows.
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You remind us why morning and evening shots usually work the best – except in the Black Canyon when it is really hard to get balance clear to the bottom the way you did.
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Yes. Thank you Ray. The steep, narrow Black Canyon must nearly always have some shadow.
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The problem, I found, was that unlike most places, when the sun is low in the sky, it is almost all shadow.
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John . These are amazing images of these shadows . Never seen the Black Canyon but would love to see this sometime . Anita
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Thank you kindly.
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Nice landscapes John. I like the shot of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
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Thank you Anne!
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Those are very dramatic landscapes and great responses to this challenge John!
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Thank you Anne.
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So true John, canyons do make for great light and shadow photos 🙂 🙂
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Thank you!
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I really like your contrast images of the canyon, John. Great examples of how the light affects the degree of shadow. And your last image of the erstwhile Hemingway made me smile!!
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Thank you Patti. 😜
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Great photos John, May the sun shine on you 😊
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Thank you! 🙏 🤓
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The canyon is an amazing place!
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Yes. thank you!
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Shadows add so much depth and dimension to landscape images. Those early and late in the day photos really emphasize the terrain. If the terrain is tall enough, like in Black Canyon, you can shoot mid-day and still have dramatic shadows.
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Yup! 🙏
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Excellent images of light and shadows, John! Canyons are really the perfect place to discover how light and shadows work! Great selfie 😉
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Thank you Terri.
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Excellent response JOhn – yes, the shadows can either confound or challenge us to see what havoc light can play on a landscape. Excellent examples!
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Thank you!
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Wonderful. Sunlight on rocky landscapes is the ultimate example for this week’s challenge
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Thank you I. J.
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Beautiful landscape images with the shadows! Stunning view of the Black Canyon.
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Thank you Amy!
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Great photos John! I’ve been to the Great Sand Dunes and they’re harder to photograph than one would think. They’re so vast! I’d like to visit the other places in your photos too.
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Thank you kindly. 🙏 Those dunes shots were taken from the Zapata Falls trailhead about 8 miles away.
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John, your shadow shots are great also, especially the Hemingway imitation.
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😱🤷♂️
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