User:Photogenius516

Contrast Reduction When the Sun is Low When the sunlight is low to the horizon, contrast is reduced. Contrast is significantly lower than when the sun is higher in the sky. The lower the sun is to the horizon, the lower the contrast will be. This will allow both the shadows and highlights in your wildlife photography to have a pleasing degree of detail. Look at the shadowed side of the great gray owl's face above and you can see detail in these shadows. This picture was taken about forty five minutes after sunrise. Had I photographed this one hour later, the shadow on the face opposite the sun would most likely be black or close to it