La luz lo es todo en fotografía. Absolutamente
todo. Podemos tener lo demás (un buen equipo fotográfico, excelente
técnica, capacidad artística) pero si no tenemos luz adecuada, la foto
nunca será lo que buscamos. En fotografía de la naturaleza dependemos
casi exclusivamente de la luz natural-al menos yo prefiero estas fotos
que aquellas tomadas con flash-. Por ello es de suma importancia usar la
luz fría, suave y transparente de los amaneceres o la luz cálida,
densa, difusa y exquisita del atardecer. He escogido cuatro fotos para
tratar de explicar las características de estas dos formas de luz tan
importantes para el fotógrafo de la naturaleza.
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Light
is about everything in nature photography, period. We can have all the
other stuff (good photography gear, excellent technique and artistic
capabilities) but without good natural light, our pictures would never
be what we expected them to be. I have choosen these four pictures to
try to explain the characteristics of the two most important kinds of
natural light: The early morning cold, sweet and soft light and the
warm, difused, exquisite and almost touchable dawn light.
This
is a first light, early morning (05.15 am) shot. Notice that the light
does not have a noticeable direction and it is cold, soft and
transparent from corner to corner in the shot.
By contrast, this is a last-day-light shot. Note that it is a warm toned, difused light that tend to go in tone gradients from corner to corner. This light can be so dense and beautiful sometimes that you feel that you can almost touch it for a few seconds!
Another early morning shot.
Another late evening image.
Can you see the differences in the light quality between the shots?
