This image is from downtown San Francisco. What an amazing city! When I shot this it was late in the afternoon and the sun was casting shadows on the tall buildings around me. I like this image partly because of that. The light created an interesting contrast on the building, giving more life to the shapes in the architecture. I used the tress around me to frame the buildings. I also exposed the image for the light on the building making the leaves in my frame a silhouette. I used an Fstop of F14. This made the outline of the leaves relatively in focus. If I had chosen a wider aperture, they would have been fuzzier and distracting in this image. I like how the leaves are almost in focus and create a silhouette. They provide a good frame for this image. Leaves and trees can be a good way to provide a frame for subjects. It helps to focus the viewer's eye and makes the image more balanced. This images was shot with a 70mm lens, 400 ISO, at 1/80 of a sec. Its one of my favorites.
Thanks for reading,
Nichole Shanks
West Coast Fine Art
