Fish Fountain

Originally uploaded by will.duquette.

I’d seen these bronze fish every time I’d visited the Gardens over the last few weeks, and I’d kind of mentally been saying, “Not yet, not yet.” Today my son James suggested I take a picture of them as we were walking past. I glanced over, and said “Now.”

The photography books I’ve been reading have said over and over again that frontlight is dull. When the light is coming from behind you and fully illuminating the front of the subject, all of the shadows are erased and the picture has no depth. Here, the light is coming from behind and to the left, and gosh, the picture has all kinds of depth. I’d like to say that I set it up that way on purpose, but I didn’t; I just got lucky. Still, it’s neat to see these things working in my own photos.