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… is better than no light
Shafts of sunlight slant over the Continental Divide.
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FRISCO — Nothing wrong with a bright, sunny afternoon, but when it comes to photography, I’m drawn toward the very beginning and end of the day for the sake of the light, or, in some cases, the half light. It took me quite a while to accept that some darkness in an image is OK. Early in my photography days, I would said that the sunrise image is underexposed, without enough detail in the foreground. Even now, I still feel a twinge, and a strong temptation to tweak the shadow areas. But I’ve learned to embrace the shadows, understanding that they can help create a powerful image.
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The lights of Frisco, Colorado twinkle in the deep morning shadows of the Gore Range.
Evening shadows help highlight the headlights and breaklights of cars speeding along I-70.
Half-light silhouettes along the shore of Dillon Reservoir at sunrise.
When the lights go down in the city …
Look closely and you can see the summit lights on Keystone Mountain in the twilight.
Just enough light to capture a few foreground details.
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