KyleBehrend

Peter

Peter sheep at Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary in Australia - www.edgarsmission.org.au Little pockets of light are actually insects flying around in the sky :) V...
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Peter sheep at Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary in Australia - www.edgarsmission.org.au Little pockets of light are actually insects flying around in the sky :) Very proud it was featured as National Geographic photo of the day - http:--on.natgeo.com-1k9VEm3
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May, 2014

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Location

Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary - Australia

Time

Golden Hour - just before sunset

Lighting

I used backlighting from the sun, slightly off centre and was magically surprised by the pockets of light that were caught by the camera. These were thousands of little insects flying around which were beautifully backlit and created lovely pockets of light.

Equipment

Canon 1DX, 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM II

Inspiration

I had been seeing a lot of beautiful backlit photographs and decided i needed to try it out :)

Editing

I cropped the image, added some contrast and saturation, added a radial gradient and slight vignetting

In my camera bag

Canon 1DX, 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM II, 16-35mm f2.8, 24-70 f2.8, 100mm macro, 135mm f2, 600 EX-RT flash, external flash controller

Feedback

I would recommend getting to your location about an hour and a half before sunset and start experimenting by taking many different photos. When photographing animals I prefer to get down to their level by squatting or sitting on the floor. For this type of photograph I recommend a telephoto lens otherwise the light from the sun will cause havoc with your metering. Try spot metering so that your subject is metered for correctly and then darken the background in post. Looks for something new and creative and always enjoy the moment creating the photographs and have fun :)

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Peter

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