Low Sun = Keyboard Shadows

 

There are times of day known to photographers—for example “blue hour” or “golden hour”—and the late afternoon as the sun drops low creates such a time, when the shadow of every tree crosses the road and you get a strobic effect as you travel. That’s one side of the coin, another is that you get the zebra-skin mat effect, when rows of trees cast shadows that turn horizontal surfaces onto keyboards. I got this frame on August 12^th, 2017, on a trip which had already taken in Ingalalla Falls further south, This is Peel Rd, on the Fleurieu Peninsula, an unsurfaced connecting road between main roads whose vegetation has an almost primordial feeling—gigantic Kangaroo Tails feel very prehistoric. The gums are wild and gnarly, and the light as the day approaches evening does all sorts of interesting things with that natural canvas on which to play. Minor adjustments to colour, contrast and sharpness in Irfanview; Fuji FinePix S5600. Image by Mike.