This post features photographs that I took while experimenting with back lighting. While at a local horse farm during the time of sunset, I noticed a horse standing in a field on a hill. The sunlight was shining through his hair creating long shadows across the hard ground and tall stalks of grass.
I moved quickly to the field, entered through an old gate, and tried to silently approach the horse so as to get into a choice position. I snapped several shots before the animal noticed I was there and the light began to fade.
These two shots were taken with a 50mm lens at f-stop 2.2 for 1/640 of a second. I used a faster shutter speed in case the horse decided to move while I was taking the photograph.
Enjoy the gallery, click on a photo to enlarge. 🙂
Notes Of Light ~ Photography 
Great blog post! I like how you explain which lenses and settings you used! That’s really helpful for people like me who are learning!
Thanks Julie, I appreciate the feedback!
Love it, the light is caught beautifully
Hi Catherine, thanks so much for the comment and visiting!
Great images-especially the one on the left-the light is beautiful and does a lovely job of highlighting the horse as well-nicely done!
Thank you too for visiting Move the Chair-I appreciate you taking the time to look-I look forward to seeing more of your work-
Thanks for the comments. Yes, I enjoyed your blog very much, too!
Great images. Thanks for linking them to the challenge.
Thank you, Nancy!