"Robert G. Earnest" <rge@earnestphoto.com> wrote/replied to: > >This is a common lighting arrangement for vain actresses in decline as >its flatness fills in any wrinkles and refused to describe any bulges >bags or sags. The difference would be that usually a softer reflector >would be used such as a 4x8 sheet of foamcore reflecting light from an >even softer source such as a soft box or umbrella. >In this case the primary light source is a pinpoint 150 thousand >kilometers away and the reflector an inefficiently mirrored surface. > >So? Sharp, flat, flinty lighting. Cruel and cold. Good for >photographing dental work, I suppose. Hey, variety is the spice of life. I've got so darned many Heron shots in semi darkness, on dull days, early in the morning, and in hazy light that a shot in real sunlight with some real contrast looks good to me :-) But hey, not everyone's going to love it, it's ART after all. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/
