The most beautiful light

GregY

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That shaded north light in early December.
'34 Leica lll model f, 3.5cm Elmar

 

Bill Burk

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Fred Picker had a name for this light! “Squall Light”. The late afternoon sun sneaking under a layer of clouds.

Just one photo I took in this light makes me very happy. Whenever I see squall light now I lament that I do not happen to be in the mountains at that moment.

At the time, I was living in Camp Nelson and walking along the South Fork of the Middle Fork of the Tule River after a thunderstorm. (You can look that river up it’s real). I was heading up through a shortcut between Belknap Grove and my cabin and the squall light was magnificent.

It’s the kind of light we’ve been talking about (Ansel Adams’ ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’) except that the sky is a perfect backdrop of gray.

Squall Light is the most beautiful light.
 

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Bill Burk said:
That is a nice photo Greg! You’re right to be proud of it.
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Thank you Bill, I'm just alway pleased to make a print that captures a special quality of light. As we all know, it doesn't happen all the time
 

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I don't encounter silver light too often, but it can be very beautiful:
 

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I took this picture casually, was at home in my room at computer looking at the window as there
had been a rainstorm, it was June or end of April i don't remember, i looked at these three beautful
strips of color , the deep saturated blue of the clean sky on top, the dark grey still cloudy in the middle and the yellow of the sunset in the lower strip.
Luckily i had the Nikon F80 with a Portra 400 inside and shoot quickly in matrix mode .
 

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