Twists and Turns

 

Centuruio

(Due note: This picture was not edited)

LOCATION : Mata Mata, New Zealand.

CAMERA : NIKON D5000.

LENS: AF-S NIKKOR 70-300mm.

When you're amidst the serene beauty of nature, you have to capture it. In a memory. In a picture. I trotted backwards in order for the scene to perfectly fit my lens. The setting was now perfect. But perfection isn't achieved until you hear the click of the button and the flex of the shutter. There was a problem. The sun rays were direct and pierced straight through the crisp air. Their inevitable destination was my vulnerable camera. Inevitable because I wanted to capture this very phenomenon of the brisk sunrays seeping through the majestic tree. And vulnerable as the camera cannot sustain such direct exposure to sunlight. So what do you have to do? And what did I do?

Well, you have two options. Either you capture the photograph by attaching a lens hood. Or you tone down the light exposure through aperture settings. I chose the latter as the capturing photographs with lens hoods can have a disadvantage. They reduce the brightness of the surroundings and in doing so also reduce the brightness of the overall picture.

I hope you found this useful. I will be back shortly with more of my photographs and posts. Stay Tuned!