While driving home from Carradale on the Kintyre peninsula last Monday I came upon this scene just as the last light was fading. The spot is the ferry slipway at Kennacraig for the Islay ferry. Strictly speaking the sunset was gone and so I set up my tripod to catch the final moments and indulged...
Taken after a coffee in Glasgow’s Prices Square. Two things made this a challenge. The back-lighting of the centre’s Christmas lights required fill flash which of course was colder in colour temperature than the yellow cast tungsten background. The second problem was the impossibility of framing Claudia without distracting bright spots or areas behind her...
Nice shot, Matthew, and good point about the useless (to me, too!) direct print button! Haven’t had need for mirror lock-up yet, but know it is a good option when doing some long exposure shots, so, yes, having it directly available on camera body via button would certainly be good.
Referred to your 100 Portraits project in a post the other day on site where I am posting a 50mm image a day: http://booz50mm.posterous.com/50mm-a-day-16th-reflection.
Bill
Stunning
This is very, very beautiful Matthew. Such a serene and calm image…well done.