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Damn that sun, it danced back in behind the clouds. OK, let’s get in close and use that angle to bring some drama and bad ass attitude to the helo. This is a start but looking to he background, this just isn’t strong enough yet. Time to imitate beached whale and move closer.
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See those two helos in the background? I moved up to incorporate those more with the helo in the foreground showing there’s a “force” here that comes from numbers. It’s OK but when the sun came back out I quickly changed lenses and moved way back and kiss the dirt, again.
[swf]http://www.moosepeterson.com/swf_imgs/DAPFAFB1886.swf, 585, 473 [/swf]
Now I’ve made the click that I want! It might seem it took a while to get here but actually I knew where I wanted to be from the get go. I just saw the opportunity with the dancing sun to perhaps helps some out with this basic principle with a number of illustrations. The bottom line is to always ask yourself, “What’s the subject?” and then do the dance to eliminate unwanted elements while including those that tell the story. It’s a combination of lens, light and photographer that makes it all come together.
Photos captured by D3x, 24-120VR2/70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film