After I set up my large format camera to photograph the Logan Temple, I needed to wait while the light and clouds changed. My composition stayed the same, but the sky gave me a lot of variety. I had a little point-and-shoot digital camera (Casio EX-V7) that I had picked up on eBay, so I kept shooting to check the color of the light and the contrast. The human eye tends to even color and contrast out somewhat, and what you see is not always what you record on film. What you perceive with your eye and brain as an acceptable level of contrast might be way beyond what film or a digital sensor can record.
     A couple of times the sun broke through the clouds in the west and was really warm and contrasty. I rolled down the street a little (on my knee-scooter) and shot a few images of the Temple head-on. The shot on the left was with the white balance set normally for daylight (about 5500 degrees Kelvin). The one on the right was with the white balance adjusted down to approx. 3200 to 3400 Kelvin. The light was the same, and only the camera settings were changed. You could achieve a similar effect with filters on a film camera.
     While the light was nice and warm, the contrast was much too great. Notice it's hard to see much detail at all in the shadows cast by the Temple. The shadow of the tree has some light shining through, so it doesn't count. Also, you can see that the Temple appears to be leaning back. That's the result of a distorted perspective created when I tilted the camera up to include the top of the Temple. When that happens, the sensor or film plane isn't parallel with the Temple and you get a distorted perspective. In addition to the huge increase in resolution I get from my large format camera, I can make adjustments and keep the film vertical and parallel to the Temple. I'm not a big fan of leaning or tilting Temples.