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Photo of the Day: Backlit Statue of Liberty

Posted 17 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu
(Filed under: Photography)

Sometimes what the camera records is drastically different than what we see with our eyes. In this case, I photographed the Statue of Liberty with the sun in the background and overexposed the image by choosing to meter the statue at neutral/middle brightness. The second photo shows the Statue of Liberty underexposed by about 2 stops to produce a strong silhouette.
Backlit Statue of Liberty
Handheld, 1/500 sec at f/4 on ISO 100, 85mm f/1.8 lens

Backlit Statue of Liberty
Handheld, 1/1250 sec at f/8.0 on ISO 100, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens

Update - October 27, 2008:
Here's a map showing about where I was standing for these two shots.
statueofliberty.jpg

2 comments to Photo of the Day: Backlit Statue of Liberty

Christina, October 24th, 2008 at 6:20 pm:

  • Where were you standing when you took those two pictures? I can never get a good angle of monuments, no idea how close/far to be.

Michael Chu, October 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am:

  • I just posted a map showing the approximate location where I was standing for these shots. The the second shot, I was just a little further north than where the arrow points.

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