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Tag: back-lighting

Contre Jour Photography – Strokkur at Geysir

This is a Contre Jour photograph because I am shooting directly into the sun, although technically, because the Geyser blocks out the sun, this is more of a back-lit photo than a Contre-jour photo.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged back-lighting, back-lit, compensation, contre-jour, eruption, fast shutter, geyser, sun

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