Photographing Shadows of Dusk
Supplemental Elements: black-and-white photography, Photoshop, Camera Raw
Location of Picture: Paris, France
Camera Settings: f/6.3, 1/250 sec, ISO 400, 65mm
Without a doubt, Paris is La Ville-Lumière, the City of Light. Subjects walking down streets that look as if they end at the sunset or sunrise make for a fascinating photograph. I took this picture in Paris of a man who is walking toward the sunlight. The shadow of his legs and cane is remarkable because it forms a mirror image that looks as if it's coming up from the ground. This happens because the shadow is in the foreground. To get a picture like this, shoot about an hour before sunset or an hour after sunrise. Shoot toward the sun so your subjects become silhouetted, catching passersby between you and the sun. You'll be facing east to catch the sunrise shot and west to catch the sunset shot. Because this photo had very little color to begin with, I switched it to black and white, which is simple nowadays with a variety of image processing programs, such as Photoshop Elements and Photoshop.
One more note: You can choose to set your camera to take a picture in black and white, but if you do, no color information will come with it. In other words, you forever lose your chance of having a color photograph of the shot.
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