Squirrel Island

Clondon52w12: Flat Light

From the C.London website: “Flat light creates images with very little contrast.  Often we are told to avoid flat lighting in our images, but there is a time and place for everything.  Forcing yourself to make an interesting photo with disinteresting light will be a challenge and a learning experience.  Focus on other elements like composition, subject, story, etc.”

Today was the day I planned to shoot “flat light” along with some street photography in the morning. And then came the call to duty to pick up our grandson for the day (not a hardship, btw).  Our kids live on a great block in the city with a wide median coined “Squirrel Island”.  I hadn’t brought my camera, however as I approached their block, the flatness of the light and peacefulness of the scene struck me.  I had not seen Squirrel Island in this way previously.  iPhone ultra wide lens to the rescue.

“The best camera is the one you have with you” holds true again. 

 Apple iPhone 12 Pro @ f2.4 1/340 1.54mm (13mm equiv) ISO 25

Photographed 3/23/21