I took a lot of photos on our wintery walk. I was
experimenting with using my flashgun to darken the background while
highlighting the foreground. The effect of this focuses the attention onto the
subject of the photo.
One of the times I tried this was on a small, snow covered
branch. For this photo I used the camera in aperture priority and selected
aperture F4.5 to give a minimal depth of field. I left the flash in the
evaluative metering mode so that the camera would select the most appropriate
power level for the flash. I didn’t need to use a tripod because the shutter
speed the camera selected was 1/160th and this was adequate for the
focal length I was using.
I decided not to edit the image because I was happy with the
result that I had captured in the camera. I didn’t crop the photo because I didn’t
want to spoil the composition that I had made.
Unfortunately the snow is starting to melt, but I still have
plenty of images of the snow that I can upload to keep the spirit alive!
Mat
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