Backlit Wonder

Jan22 by John Thurston

Here are four samples I hope you will enjoy.

Early Morning Mist

Back-lit Dew On Horsetails

Snackbar waitress

Early The Morning After

Early morning mist Provia 100F Original slide, taken with tripod mounted Heidoscop at 1/40 sec. @ F25 on August 6, 2007 Shot at a small lake in northern Maine near Mount Katahdin.

Back-lit dew on horsetails Velvia Pro100 Original slide, taken with tripod-mounted Heidoscop at 1/15 sec. @ f25 on May 22, 2007. I did a whole series experimenting with back-lit subjects, not the easiest thing to pull off successfully with the uncoated lenses and less-than-ideal viewfinder on the Heidoscop.

Snackbar waitress Vevlia Pro 100 Original slide, taken with tripod-mounted Heidoscop at 1/8 sec. @ f25 on July 29, 2007 These snackbars are common throughout rural Quebec. I am pleased that the waitress cooperated with the shot.

Early the morning after Velvia Pro 100 Original slide taken with tripod-mointed Heidoscop at 1/30 sec. @f25 on June 24, 2007. About the Image    Quebecers celebrate their national identity on June 24th, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of Quebec. Hundreds of thousands of people party into the night, and early the next morning when I took this shot there were still thousands of people at the site of the festivities. The clean-up crews are very efficient, finishing cleaning the site by 10 AM.