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> >
> > >http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox
> > >
> > > It was the first time I had experienced an eclipse at sunset.
> > > Not much, but a memorial for the occasion.
> > >
> >
> > This is very nicely composed, especially with the eclipse
> > set aside from centre. With the silhoutted tree in the left
> > foreground there's a deeper sense to the scene.
>
> Nice of you to say, Chris. Thanks.
>
> This was a very bright sunset as it is very dry here right now,
> so not much humid atmosphere to bring down the intensity. I was
> not able to look at the sun directly and I didn't look at it
> directly through the viewfinder either, keeping my eye on the
> tree to compose. I didn't set up the tripod to use LV because
> of the wind. I had to brace myself against the back of my car
> as it was. I could never tell the eclipse was happening until I
> chimped and saw it is the photo.
>
> The clouds sort of disguise the eclipse effect. Can't decide
> whether that's a good thing or not. It's what it is. Can't
> really complain as I wouldn't have "seen" the eclipse at all
> except through the photograph.
>
I hadn't nticed it earlier, but there is a faint halo surrounding the
eclipse, due to a light amount of moisture in the air. That adds even more to
the photo.
Many years ago I was in a photographer's gallery in Jerome, and I was
looking at a large format print of a photo he had taken in Monument Valley. We
got to talking about that photo and he remarked that clouds in desert landscape
photos add to the overall sense of the scene. He then asked me if I noticed
anything odd about the photo. I looked and looked but couldn't detect anything
out of the ordinary. He then said to look at the bottom of the clouds. They
were faintly orange, due to sunlight reflecting off the orange sand.
Since then I've made a point of looking for unique landscape opportunities
when clouds are present, especially convection cumulus clouds in the summer as
they tend to be the most dramatic.
Chris
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