Only the SHADOW Knows...

I continue to wrestle with shots that don't happen when the sun is at its apex. We were out for a hike yesterday and purposely chose a later time with the idea a higher hanging sun wouldn't wash things out like I had experienced in this post. I clearly misjudged things with my timing, because a lower fall sun ended up giving me shadows where I didn't want them - kind of an opposite effect from that other blog.

A lower sun and longer casting light may be fine for pictures of open areas like the beach or farmland, but it gets trickier when there are trees around.