DECEMBER in my Modest Epiphanies 2019 Calendar (now sold out). This is a nice balance between ambient twilight and flash, which shows as only a hint on the flax. Most magazine photos with close-up subjects (especially people) are illuminated in the same way, but often with the subject massively highlighted.

The Sugar Loaves – so named by Captain James Cook – are volcanic remnants about 1.75 million years old, adjacent to (and partly sheltering) Port Taranaki. This view is from the base of the most conspicuous remnant, land-based Paritutu Rock, looking out on to Motumahanga (Saddleback), the most outlying of the islands.

1/250th at f2.8. Nikon 85mm; ISO 200. Flash

 

Posted by Barney Brewster

Tags: calendar, coast, flash, low ISO, New Plymouth, Nikon D700, Sugar Loaves, Taranaki, twilight, winter

Categories: Publication, Twilight photography