Twice this busy week I had moments of photo wow - roughly at the same time of day, but with two different sets of circumstances.  Both involved backlighting.  For those of you not familiar with the term, it's when the majority of the light on a subject comes from behind. There's also an article explanation HERE. In natural light photography, you see a lot of this early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the sun is low in the sky, available as a backdrop. (Hey thanks Mr. Sun!).

In this first photo, we were returning from a birthday party.  I was tempted to share the photos where my child tried to blow out the birthday girl's candles, but I thought better of it :)  Instead, I'd rather share this moment of wonder I caught as she was racing back up our driveway amped on 2 cupcakes (icing-only, of course).

ISO 320 f/5 SS 1/100  50mm lens