I'm with Andy, our lost prophet, and also like the long shadows in #1 very much. I wonder what kind of camera it is you work with? My Powershot (compact digital camera) would give me such severe differences between light and dark, too ... (the bright overlaying things ... do you know what I mean?)
I'm glad U like my pictures!:blushing:
I use a Sony DSC-H2, but I still don't know how to use it at it's maximum capacity!
The photo was taken late in the afternoon, probably this is why the difference is not so severe!