Creativity Within Structure

I've been more conscious of framing, and lighting. It makes a huge difference in the presentation of the image. Rather than keeping the sun at your back, I've been attempting to angle the sun of the upper right, or lower left. Highlight rather than full on lighting. In this shot I knew I was going for a soft back lit type of exposure. I focused on the center wild flower, but what I discovered upon viewing the image after I downloaded it was an incredible green/gold back lighting. The darker green leaves and the back lighting seem to be the theme of the image rather than the wild flower which was my original intention. The structure: Shutter Speed 1/160 Aperture Value 4.0 ISO Speed 200 Lens EF70-200mm f/4L Focal Length 160.0mm The magic is the unexpected creative shot that happens!

Saturday May 28th I had the opportunity to shoot my friend's band "Kick it Out". It was an outdoor event so lighting was not an issue. I used my Canon XTi with my f/4 70 - 200. For most of the event I used the lens hood as it was a sunny day, I also used the B&W polarizer at various times. The challenge for the most part was getting a good frame of all the musicians involved. I attempted to capture each one as they were performing. Some, obviously are more demonstrative than others in their performance. Owing to my background I had an intuitive sense as to the length of the solos and the crescendos of the various sections of music. I tried to capture from various angles, stage left, right, and even from behind from the musicians perspective. I think that was perhaps my favorite angle. In hindsight, I think I should have used the wide angle as well and captured the band from the bottom of the stage shooting up. Additionally, the level of the musicianship and the qualit