s1a1om wrote in post #18021820
.......... just couldn't seem to find a place where they were lit to my liking.
Any tips for my next visit would be much appreciated.
It would help to use the same method that we use for most other subjects; photograph them on clear days, but only bother photographing them early in the morning or late in the evening when the sun is very low in the sky and the light is nice and soft. This may mean a special trip just for photographing them, for if you try to shoot them when you happen to be at the farm on other business the light is probably going to suck.
Because they are black, photographing them on cloudy days will usually not allow you to get the kind of images that you would be pleased with (although sometimes there are exceptions).
You really just have to read the light and make a judgement call. Read the light on the subject and also on the background elements, foreground elements, and surrounding elements. And when I say "read the light" I don't mean to measure it with a meter or anything - I mean to study it visually to determine it's aesthetic qualities.
My advice is for using the natural ambient light. I don't have any knowledge of artificial light, so unfortunately I can't help you there.
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