assigment: fun with shadow

[Hazel Grant]

Just a fun one, not a "great photo." Whie taking photos of thesunset skies of Utah recently, I wanted to get the dirt, plants, etc showing golden against the dark, stormy sky in the background. Then, I noticed that because of the setting sun, I was actually in the shot, too, as a shadow. So, light does it all. Dark sky, sunset on land, and shadow--all caused by a great light, the sun.

Nikon D40x, 10/2000 sec. Shutter priority, f4.5, iso 400 38 mm.

[Alfred Forns]

This reminds me of an old series I had ... Me and My Shadow !!! It was lots of fun !!!

Might like to see the shadow a little more to the left ... I like the bold surreal colors a lot Different and it works. btw you might tweak the contrast a bit, darken some of the shadows and lighten the dark blue (very little) Like your vision !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Hazel...this is super...I like the rich bold colors...agree with Mr. Forns on the placement of the shadow...also might want to run a pass of noise reduction in the background...:cool:

[Hazel Grant]

I flipped it horizontally to move the shadow and like it better. Also tweaked some of the brightness,contrast and did some noise reduction

[Gus Cobos]

Hazel,
This is a "BIG TEN" in my book...well done...:):cool:

[Harold Davis]

that second one is awesome. lots of great compositional elements going on there.