On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 12:53:37PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > I see this effect quite often from the buildings in Canary Wharf, which is a > forest of tall buildings across the river from here. On film (so to speak) it > looks most effective when the subject is backlit and the reflections really > do act as a fill light.
OK, I'll try shooting it a bit earlier. There are buildings across the courtyard so it's an interesting play of what is in shadow from those buildings, and what is being lit by my building. > > B > > On 2 May 2013, at 07:39, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This afternoon, I noticed that the sun was reflecting off > > my office building onto trees int he couryard, giving the sort > > of cool effect that you can get with a 100 foot tall fill > > light reflector. > > > > However, my attempts to capture it were not exactly successful. > > Here are two of the better shots (one processed to both color > > and black and white). > > > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157633399893140/ > > > > Any suggestions as to what I might do, either in the camera > > or the computer, to improve them? My one thought is to shoot > > a little earlier, whent he sun is higher in the sky and the > > light is only reflecting onto the nearer trees, > > > > > > -- > > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
