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Negative Space: Bird on a Lamppost [Steven A Rietzke Developing Your Creative Artistic Vision]

© Steven A. Rietzke

Negative Space: Bird on a Lamppost

Uploaded: November 23, 2011 11:58:02

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I guess I'm on a black and white kick this week... I exposed this very high contrast shot to get a silhouette of the bird against a blown out white sky, with the backlighting bringing out the texture of the lamp. The bird and the lamp are balanced by the negative space of the white background. I considered flipping the bird around in Photoshop so that this showed looking into the frame as well, but I felt like it worked better for this photo for the bird to be looking away.

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/250 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 200.00 mm, Model: NIKON D5100

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