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10/26/2007 07:55:04 PM · #351 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Controlled burns in Yosemite meant there was quite a bit of smoke in the air. A fairly cloudy day with a lot of breaks was giving very patchy, interesting light too. Combined with the smoke, we were getting great corpuscular rays, hitting El Capitan. Standing up on Sentinel dome we had a great view of them and I asked Amanda to go and stand out on the edge (well, she isn't really on the edge, its more of a perspective thing) and I composed to use the rays as part of the shot. Shot 1 stop under the meter reading to get everything generally a bit darker and keep the sunlight spots. |
This shot is first rate, as I had already commented in another thread. The light is fantastic. I believe they are "crepuscular" rays, though... "corpuscular" is what pertains to corpuscles... :-)
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Had the bear gotten to you, then we would be talking red corpuscles streaming out of your bite wounds. :-) Glad we got the photo of the crepuscular rays instead! |
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10/26/2007 10:56:21 PM · #352 |
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10/27/2007 02:08:58 AM · #353 |
Day 24 - Yes another dog, really busy that day. :(
Day 25 - Outside of work yesterday morning, downtown Seattle
Day 26 - Taken today during lunch break.
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10/27/2007 06:44:09 PM · #354 |
Oct. 27
This Monarch Butterfly was sitting on a branch in the sunlight. My 400mm just reached it.
and a PS for Gordon - 
Note for Gordon: One of those early experiments with plastic bags, (when I was still using film) does survive on my hard drive and here it is. Undoubtedly the orange part was the original and the remainder of the flower was captured by the lens that was draped in what appears to have been a bit of pink plastic translucent bag. I'll have to try that with digital... Although I'm really enjoying the experimentation with glass right now.
It sure does bend and transform the light.
Message edited by author 2007-10-28 03:12:45. |
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10/28/2007 11:48:58 AM · #355 |
Oct 28
Here are a couple more entries in the Quality of Light side challenge. This has been a fascinating experiment, and many thanks to  jdannels for proposing it and laying down some guidelines. I've learned lots and look forward to continuing this exploration.
Because I had some time, here is my recap of the month. I had to eliminate some images from the poster because of simple lack of room. The decisions were darned hard to make.
Ft. Baker Abstract
This board and bolt were crusted with salt. It was early morning. Here is the resulting image.
Nineteen of my favorites (as of this morning) are below.
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10/29/2007 12:16:26 AM · #356 |
Unfortunately I did not have any good takes this weekend, so you get some outtakes from earlier in the month:
Day 27
 - Coffee Shop near my work
florescent lights above the barista, about 1 foot above.
1/20s, f2.8, ISO 200, 70mm (VR was on).
Day 28
 - My nephew
Using the natural light of the room. Standard recess lighting about 10 feet above. I should probably crop out the diapers. :)
1/10s, f3.3, ISO800, 20mm
Both shots are pretty much straight from camera with just a bit of White Balance tweak and a slight contrast adjustment in the shot with my nephew.
Message edited by author 2007-10-29 14:45:42. |
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10/29/2007 10:04:35 AM · #357 |
Fall colors in Philly right now are not, to say the least, abundant. I went by this group of sweet gum trees and did find some color lurking inside of one. The sun was more or less directly overhead as I shot this just past noon. |
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10/29/2007 11:02:04 AM · #358 |
Window light and nothing else. Flag was on the wall, about 2 feet from a big window.
Opened up the blinds to let in the light from a clear, blue sky. No direct sunlight hitting the window, so the light is quite calm. the room is mostly white walls and floor so there is some reflected light bouncing around filling in the other side.
After that it's just about communication.
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10/29/2007 11:31:54 AM · #359 |
| Very cool mix and match spread Gordon. Love the smiles mixed with the explosive expressions. |
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10/29/2007 11:56:31 PM · #360 |
She's standing in shadow, under a porch. It is late afternoon and I've got someone scooping up some sunlight and bouncing it in from a soft gold reflector, to illuminate just the flowers.
Message edited by author 2007-10-30 23:17:39.
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10/30/2007 12:33:46 AM · #361 |
[quote=Gordon] She's standing in shadow, under a porch. It is late afternoon and I've got someone scooping up some sunlight and bouncing it in from a soft gold reflector, to illuminate just the flowers.
Really original composition, Gordon. Beautiful work. |
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10/30/2007 01:46:07 PM · #362 |
Sorry to be so late to the game ... we had some nice morning light while walking to school earlier in the month.
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10/30/2007 01:59:30 PM · #363 |
 GeneralE glad to see someone else is still in the challenge! Not too many of us left at this point.
:-((
Here's a couple of new ones from me:
 ... Fish in a Tank
Dragon in a Bottle
I found some weird looking gourds yesterday and could hardly wait to play. Using an oddly shaped glass bottle that usually sits in the kitchen, I stuck one of the gourds behind it and started shooting. The dragon is one result. Levels, shadows & highlights, curves. The Fish in the Tank is another gourd. Levels and curves for that one.
Message edited by author 2007-10-30 14:34:44. |
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10/30/2007 10:20:16 PM · #364 |
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10/30/2007 10:24:21 PM · #365 |
8:32 am/sun through fog |
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10/31/2007 09:23:28 AM · #366 |
Last one for the month
Quite different quality of light in this one. It was a 30 second exposure around f8 or so, manually set up. Much of the green light comes from a sodium vapor floodlight to the camera right.
All the rest of the lighting, inside and out of the cabin, comes from a 5 million candle power flashlight that I ran around with during the 30 seconds, painting it in. I added myself as a ghostly touch for halloween, on the porch.
One thing I always try to remember when painting with light, is to not use the light source just (or at all) from the camera perspective, otherwise its about as exciting as on-camera flash. Not particularly effective in this case as a visible shift in light direction, but things like the light from within the cabin wouldn't be possible if I just waved the light around from where I was standing.
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10/31/2007 01:36:21 PM · #367 |
Here's one I took in the same park a week after the other one ... I was trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to capture the sunbeams all the way across the field, about 100 yeards away.
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10/31/2007 02:33:44 PM · #368 |
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10/31/2007 04:20:47 PM · #369 |
| Sorry to have not completed this challenge. I wanted to...but my camera finally took a powder. :( |
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10/31/2007 04:35:38 PM · #370 |
Originally posted by ephln:
Sorry to have not completed this challenge. I wanted to...but my camera finally took a powder. :( |
oooh that sucks. Are you getting a new one soon?? I hope so!
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10/31/2007 04:36:56 PM · #371 |
Ok well this is my last image. I did not do 31 but I figure putting one in on the last day has to count.
I tried to incorporate some things I learned in this side challenge into the last pic. I really learned a lot about how I look at lighting and I really enjoyed this challenge! It's been great to see what you all can do with lighting and I see i have a lot to learn.
Thanks jdannels for doing this!
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10/31/2007 05:05:11 PM · #372 |
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10/31/2007 10:30:38 PM · #373 |
Man, I am going have a lot of catching up to do with this thread.
Haven't been terribly active as of late - health issues, busy at home, busy with volunteering at the school, busy with the kids & school, busy with getting everybody's costumes ready as well as the Haunted House...well you get the picture.
First time in awhile to do something creative. Time exposure, low light and stepping out of the scene.
Zelda - Twilight Princess
Details
3 glow sticks in lantern.
The 'texture' is the accent wall in our bedroom. Photo taken in bedroom with all blinds shut to limit light. Small light source off to right - 40 watt desk lamp (dimmed) aimed up to bounce light from the 10 ceiling. I set the shutter to 13 seconds and counting to 5 I then quickly stepped out of the photo to give a ghostly appearance.
Aperture 7.1
Iso: 50
Shutter: 13 seconds. |
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11/01/2007 12:15:32 AM · #374 |
Man I feel like I abandoned this thread, I was out getting serious natural light lessons with librodo in Bali though :). I can't wait to see all that I missed and how everyone did. I am glad you guys enjoyed the thread. I looked for light everywhere and only even touched a flash one evening as fill. You can see some here. I'll be going back through thread to see what I missed. I see some names at the end who weren't here when I left. Should be some great photos! Happy shooting everyone.
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11/01/2007 01:23:19 AM · #375 |
Hey, welcome back jdannels. Let's see. what did we do in your absence... Well, dang it, we kept shooting! 'cause we knew what you'd say when you got back, if we didn't.
Anyhow, it was a fun month, and one that opened a lot of doors (and windows) for me.
Okay, I looked at the photos you put on line. As usual, you have the cultivated gift of seeing beauty. Thanks for sharing. |
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