Outstanding
Thank you!
I see lots of neato backlit things, but they never turn out that great when I take their picture.
Thank you for the tip on the very thin and thus translucent petals--makes perfect sense
So the sun was setting camera left?
I think a large part of my problem, too, is that I'm at the wrong angle right into the setting/rising sun, so have no frontlight and a blownout background --doh! that, and I can't do hand-held for long exposures!
We all have our geographical bears! We often have great clear sunsets, but never still/calm because we are right at the mouth of a canyon and as soon as the sun starts to go down, the heat of the valley sucks the cooler air right out of the mountains. Great for the evening breeze
but pretty lousy for pictures
