Trees in the sunlight

Get Pushed Challenge #532
My partner challenged me to having a back lit subject. I found this to be difficult. I wanted to try something outdoors, but the sun was too high, too low, in the wrong direction. It's hard to shoot toward the sun without blowing out the exposure. I tried many shots today while on a drive through the mountains. (I was not driving) Too much motion and the photos were not really pleasing. I decided this one would do. I barely got the trunks of the trees in the center in silhouette because the sun was bright in that direction.

[Kathy]

@dkbarnett This was a hard one for me so thank you for the challenge. Can't say I mastered it. Hope this is a satisfactory example.

[Call me Joe]

❤️⭐️

[Shutterbug]

Nicely done. Beautiful capture of the fall colors and the trunks look silhouetted to me.

[Dawn]

Nicely done

[Kathy A]

Gorgeous light

[Issi Bannerman]

Nicely done and beautiful autumn colours.

[Babs]

Gorgeous autumn colours

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely changing colours.

[Wylie]

lovely ray of sun

[Renee Salamon]

It’s lovely, well done for persisting

[Delwyn Barnett]

Good on you for giving it a go when it was tricky for you. You are right that it is hard to shoot toward the sun without blowing out exposure. I have had some success when using a dark background that still has the light coming through behind the subject.

[william wooderson]

True colours of the season 👌 fav!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely light

[Granagringa]

Good for you on bother effort, learning curve, and image!

[haskar]

Beautiful colours.

[Corinne]

Very sharp, and love the autumnal tones

[Kathy]

@joemuli Thank you Joey.
@shutterbug49 Thank you Debbie. Yes, I admit I fiddled with the exposure so that they looked more silhouetted.
@Dawn thank you Dawn.
@kjarn Thanks Kathy
@jamibann Thank you Issi.
@onewing Thank you Babs.
@wakelys Thank you Susan.
@pusspup Thank you. One of the articles I read about backlighting said that solar flares were appropriate in backlit photos.
@rensala Thanks Renee. That's what the challenges are about. @dkbarnett Thank you Delwyn.
@will_wooderson They are very representative of the colors in this area.
@craftymeg Thank you Meg.
@granagringa Thank you. I enjoy the challenges because they stretch me.
@haskar Thank you Hannah.
@cocobella Thank you Corinne.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This was a good try and if you'd cropped out the sky some way it really would have completely looked like a back-lit forest (because it actually is!).

[Kathy]

@olivetreeann Thank you Ann for the great feedback.