Shadow play

I had just gotten out of work on a dreary overcast day when, not two steps off the campus bus, the clouds parted and offered some of the clearest direct afternoon light I could ever hope for. The magnolia were just starting to bloom. My intent with this framing was to have the shadow of the tree add to the tangle of branches, creating a contrast between the color of the flowers and the shape of the buds. Exposure was 1/125sec at f/8 with a 35mm lens on a Nikon D100, matrix metered.