
The secret to creating strong silhouettes is to expose for the background and just let the shape go completely black. To shoot this scene I simply metered the bright background, used the exposure lock feature of my Nikon D70s, recomposed and shot. On most digital cameras just holding the shutter release halfway down will lock both exposure and focus--and some let you lock each of those things separately. It's far better if you can lock the exposure and not the focus since that lets you take a reading from the bright area, but still use your autofocus when you recompose the scene.
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I can't believe that you posted this photo just two days before I posted the picture that I drew in that same place on that very day: http://morningglorybuttercup.blogspot.com/2009/03/wash-dishes-aloysius.html Remember? Your photograph was on one side of the road and my sketch was on the other side of the road. yowsa
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