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Sure it's possible to get nice shots at noon, but you're awfully limited when your f-stop begins at 16. Depth of field is important, and some cameras don't even

• floren 4y ago
  With Sunny 16, wouldn't you only need a 1/8000 shutter speed if you're trying to shoot at 8000 ISO? Which would be an odd choice on a sunny day...
  • uniqueuid 4y ago
    No, you would need 1/8000 if you want to have an aperture that's wider than, say, 5.6. When harsh light forces you to close the aperture too much, you lose any chance to create bokeh, and thus lose a lot of artistic options. Plus you get more diffraction.
• lambdasquirrel 4y ago
  This. You lose most of your nice bokeh by f/5.6. If all you want is a certain kind of landscape shot, cool, it won't hurt you, but there's a lot of artistic photographers who can't do with that. Shooting at dusk or dawn isn't just about the exposure. It's about the quality of light. Colors will appear different in ways that you can't easily get by futzing around in Lightroom. It was considered one of the greatest developments of Impressionist artists in the 19th century that shadows in paintings began appearing blue. No, tweaking the shadow tint doesn't do it. Also, the original author should know that they don't need to stop down. They can also use a neutral density filter. But that doesn't change your scene's shadows or quality of light.
• asdff 4y ago
  You can also just put a filter on the lens that cuts out light.