This is not the type of lighting I usually look for in outdoor portraiture, but I saw that the early morning sun defined the edge of this young lady's face and I liked it. I shot this in beautiful Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. One of the advantages of shooting when the sun is low to the horizon is that there are many types of light from which to choose, such as front light, sidelighting, backlighting, edge light, silhouettes, and transillumination. When the sun is overhead during the middle of the day, most of these options are no longer available and you are left with contrasty, harsh light. My settings for this shot were 1/320, f/7.1, 400 ISO, and I used a 24-105mm set to 105mm.
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