Dusk at Phutthamonthon, a photo from Nakhon Pathom, Central

Photographer's Note

Phutthamonthon is a huge park in Thailand (in Nakhon Prathom province just outside Bangkok). It's known for the very large Buddha statue. But there's also a lot of trails that go through the forest. My friend and I were walking around there as the sun was setting. The result is this photo. I thought the light from the sun balanced out the light on the ground with my friend's bright blue traditional shirt popping out - maybe a bit too much? But let me know what you think.

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Dpbours (222) 2007-05-14 19:16

Hi David,

Very little balancing going on here. The light of your built-in flash is just too hard and direct. I think you need a heavier external flash (bit of a contradiction), not pointed at your subject, but upward with a diffuser and holding a white screen or slightly yellow above your head for reflection...
There are no easy solutions to make a picture like this one. Well, another option was that you could have hidden three slave flashes behind your subject... One on the tree perhaps with a colour filter, two from the side with diffusers... But then again, who carries around 3 slave flashes when taking pictures outside? ;-)

Hope it helps!

Greetings, Dennis