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21-SEP-2006

Evening on the Colorado River, Moab, Utah, 2006

I built this image around a single spot of glowing late afternoon light on the bluff across the river. I used my spot meter to expose for that spot of light, and allowed the rest of the image to darken. I lowered my camera to my waist so that I would fill the bottom of the image with a screen of brush, creating a primary anchor layer. The reflection of the light in the river becomes my middle layer, and the subject itself is the final layer.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50
1/250s f/5.6 at 13.2mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time21-Sep-2006 16:41:14
MakePanasonic
ModelDMC-FZ50
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length13.2 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
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Phil Douglis19-Nov-2006 00:57
As I told Tim, our images tell different stories. All of my images are going to be warmer, because I want them to be warmer and use cloudy white balance to get that warmth. Thanks, Ai Li, for studying both images, and for grasping the fact that so much of photography comes down to personal interpretation.
AL18-Nov-2006 14:58
It's really interesting to study both images and see the great difference in the vision and interpretation of a similar scene. Your image is warmer and more atmospheric as you chose to focus on capturing the last touch of light before the night arrives. And I like your positioning as my eyes followed the green patch to the reflection and to the light.
Phil Douglis30-Oct-2006 19:43
That has always been of great value to me, Tim -- to work with you side by side and marvel at how we always manage to come to entirely different results. You are right -- I salute the dusk, while you celebrate the day. Each image speaks in its own voice. Between us, we show that photography is not about WHAT we shoot. Rather, it is about HOW and WHY we shoot it.
Tim May30-Oct-2006 18:04
I, too, love how we can stand side-by-side and make different images - In my image http://www.pbase.com/mityam/image/69371609 I not only frame it differently - I treat the light differently - you image it seems to me speaks more directly of the night to come, while mine speaks of the day that has been.
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