Re: Invitation to Hike

[John Coyle]

Marnie, this is exactly the type of shot I love to take, but seldom with as 
much success!  The back-lighting is terrific, and the whited-out sky doesn't 
bother me one bit - it's what you'd expect given the light.
Really nice one

John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Subject: PESO: Invitation to Hike


I took this about 3-4 months ago when I was checking out the Mitchell 
Canyon
area of Mt. Diablo for the upcoming NorCal PDML meet (we went elsewhere). 
The
CA hills are yellowish brown now, then they were verdant green.

I wasn’t sure I would share this – but this is a quintessential Marnie 
shot.
I have taken tons of these kinds of photos:  late afternoon, tree trunks
backlit to black, dark shadows, trail. So I decided to share it because it 
IS a
quintessential Marnie shot – romantizing/idealizing nature. I get that 
way when
walking outdoors. ;-)

I am unsure how distracting the white sky is (which often happens in this
type of shot), and/or how distracting the slightly blown highlights of the 
white
sky are.

http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/trail1.htm
Comments welcome.
Marnie aka Doe