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Tuesday Photo Challenge: Dark
As most happy snappers will know, the word ‘photography’ is derived from the two Greek words for ‘light’ and ‘drawing’, so Frank has set us a particularly interesting challenge this week, with his theme of ‘Dark’.
No photographic image can be completely dark, of course – otherwise it would just be a black rectangle on the page or screen. But it is the contrast and juxtaposition between light and dark that make for an interesting image, and if there’s one subject that offers infinite variety in the interplay between light and dark, then it must be fireworks.
This was taken on New Year’s Eve in Sydney a while ago. With a hand-held one second exposure it was never going to be pin-sharp, but the blur of the palm trees illuminated by the fireworks adds to the overall impact, I believe.
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I like the light in the upper left corner balancing the fireworks.
Never underestimate the power of selective cropping.
That’s a basic technique I use as well.
Very nice! It’s so hard to time a shot of fireworks.
Hit and hope: you’ll never win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket.
Wonderful take on these fireworks!
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Beautiful. Low light gives you the opportunity to make abstracts out of a scene.