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Counterlight Exposure (Photo Techniques) This category is one of  My Original Selections. |
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1. Tanzania Afternoon Travellers to the savannahs of Africa are in awe of the variety of plants capable to defy heat and draught. To focus on the important things in a picture, one can choose to look at the silhouette of an object rather than at its colorful details. Counterlight exposure is a great tool to do this because it also captures the mood of the moment quite well. Here, the tree with its sparse number of leaves allows a nice view through to the horizon and the sky with the clouds above. Photo Data: File ID - 19592. Camera Model Name - Canon PowerShot S230. Shooting Date/Time - 01.07.2004 17:58:49. Shooting Mode - Manual. Photo Effect Mode - Vivid. Tv (Shutter Speed) - 1/640. Av (Aperture Value) - 7.1. Metering Mode - Evaluative. Exposure Compensation - 0. ISO Speed - 50. Lens - 5.4-10.8mm. Focal Length - 5.4mm. Digital Zoom - None. Image Size - 2048x1536. Image Quality - Superfine. Flash - Off. White Balance - Daylight. AF Mode - Single AF. File Size - 1263KB. Drive Mode - Single-frame shooting. |
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2. Zanzibar Sun Captured while actually laying in the sun to remember the moment - probably my desktop wallpaper one day. |
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3. Rapa Nui Volcano This Easter Island crater rim goes straight up from the ocean to quite some altitude, so I used the sun and the horizon shift to show it. |
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4. Disappearing Edge My favorite kind of swimming pool, dramatically captured during an afternoon of wild Pacific Ocean weather on Aitutaki, Cook Islands. |
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5. La Digue Evening From this little island one can witness a spectacular show when the sun dips behind its larger sister island of Praslin, Seychelles. |
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6. Boat Parking The fishermen on Mauritius leave their boats right in front of a dirty beach. The sun helps to draw your attention. |
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7. Samoa Sundowner Beer in hand, toes in sand. Well... more like cocktail in hand, toes on the railing of this beautiful over-the-water bar. |
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8. Penguin Shore The rough water reminds me of the cold and the wind when I went to see the tiny Magallan penguins near Punta Arenas, southern Chile. |
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9. Table Mountain When in Cape Town, the sunset from up there is as simple yet powerful as they come - intense colors dip into the ocean. |
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10. Taveuni Moon Every night after diving, we were sitting in the moonlight to talk about everything and then some while watching the moon rise. |