diptych # 173 / ku # 1334-35 ~ A good photograph is never "about light"

Autumn trees with water ~ near Clintonville, NY / near Au Sable Forks, NY- in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Autumn red in field ~ Jay, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
grasses in the wind ~ Keeseville, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

In the interest of complete disclosure, I must admit that I do make pictures of Autumn color in sunlight. That admission aside, no matter what light one chooses to make pictures - sunlight, overcast light, in the gloaming, et al - of the Autumnal leaves display, I truly believe that the very good pictures which can be had with a variety of light conditions is proof positive of 2 of Brooks Jensen's notions - gleaned from his Things I've Learned About Photography - that ....

A good photograph is never "about light". Good photographs are about feelings.

and

There is no such thing as "good" or "bad" photographic light. There is just light.

Neither of these 2 statements should be construed as meaning that the kind / characteristic of light one uses in order to make a picture which conveys / illustrates an intended idea and fosters an intended feeling doesn't matter. Of course it does. However that is a whole different ball game than "chasing the light", the singular pursuit of a specific type of "good" light which becomes little more than a picture making fetish. However, that written, and for my eye and sensibilities, my picture making is not dependent upon a specific quality of light because I like to picture what is as it is when I see it.