I spend a lot of time talking about natural light, and one of the primary tenants of a nature photographer's approach to fine art phototgraphy is avoiding mid-day sunlight as the main light source for pretty much any subject. In art, though, there are always exceptions. For example, I took this shot of a caiman in Brazil from a bridge. Looking straight down on the reptile at about 11am meant that it was basically front lit, and even though the light was harsh there wasn't an issue with black shadows losing too much detail because most of them were filled in with light. So, when faced with mid-day lighting, if you can shoot a subject that is primarily lit from the front, you can usually produce a fairly good picture. My settings for this shot were 1/1000, f/8, 640 ISO, and I used a Canon 500mm f/4 super telephoto.
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