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 10/02/2007 09:55:07 PM · #51
So I'll cheat a little and post a couple old images until I have time to take some new:

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- Both were taken at the Butterfly Pavilion with the 24-105 at F/4, angled up into the tree with the sun/bright sky dancing behind background leaves.

- If you look at the angle of light, you can tell the one on the right is flipped vertically. These butterflies like to sit upside down.

- I used the PS3 shadow/highlight filter to compress the highlights a bit so the light circles were less blown out.
10/02/2007 11:34:28 PM · #52
Day 2 - Best I could come up with today. Out playing with the dogs. More details in the portfolio. Cheers all.

10/02/2007 11:51:57 PM · #53
This sunset didnt develop as well as I hoped (the mammatus clouds dissipated before golden hour)..

10/03/2007 12:24:13 AM · #54
Day 1


Day 2


Day 3


Message edited by author 2007-10-03 00:50:37.
 10/03/2007 01:19:41 AM · #55
I truly wish I could comment on each and every one of your images in this side challenge. My new job is sucking away my time and energy right now. Will do my best to comment on as many as I can.

10/03/2007 01:26:10 AM · #56
Oct 3
...8:45AM

I, too, am feeling inadequate to comment on the splendid photography I see in this thread. Not because of lack of time, but because of lack of knowledge. I'm learning lots already, but know little about the subject (not that that sometimes stops me).
:-)

Message edited by author 2007-10-03 09:57:07.
 10/03/2007 02:03:54 AM · #57
Day 1:
10/03/2007 02:19:37 AM · #58
Day 2:
10/03/2007 07:25:32 AM · #59
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Weeds. "Hair" light from the setting sun, main light from the sky.

Edit - #2

Message edited by author 2007-10-03 07:26:08.
 10/03/2007 07:42:55 AM · #60
Indoor, window light. There's a big window to camera left and a big window directly behind her, that's blowing out. The buildings outside the window are strongly illuminated by the late afternoon sun, so there's a lot of indirect light bouncing in from them. There's also a big yellow wall to her right.


click here to see it bigger

In the first shot we are about 4 feet from that wall, her position is roughly where my hand is in the shot above, camera facing the same direction.


1/160s, f1.8, ISO 400, 85mm

In this second shot, we've moved to the right, to be closer to the wall. She's now getting fill light bouncing from that wall which evens out the lighting ratio across her face. Nothing much else changed. There's a bit less light because we are further away from the windows too.


1/100s, f1.8, ISO 400, 85mm

Again, no light modifiers or additional light, just what I could find or use.

10/03/2007 08:39:44 AM · #61
10/03/2007 08:59:06 AM · #62
Okay.....why I am here in this side challenge. Some days for me, it's *ALL* about the light, and the color palettes that the light brings with it. Though this image isn't anything much, the silhouette helps make what would just be a color gradient into a pleasing shot IMO. That's what I'm trying to bring to the table somewhat in this challenge a I understand it. It's how the light make the image. So.....yeah, it's just a silhouette of a tree with a bird in it, but to my PollyAnna, storyteller's, mind's eye, it's an early morning hunter in the dwindling twilight as life gathers for the dawn of a new day.

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 10/03/2007 09:48:35 AM · #63
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 10/03/2007 09:49:58 AM · #64
Originally posted by Louis:
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Wow. That's pretty dramatic particularly given the context.
 10/03/2007 09:54:26 AM · #65
Day 3 - Turning 5



This is my PRECIOUS son, you're witnessing him turning 5.

He's SO excited that tomorrow is his birthday - WOW how it rubs off - we're ALL excited - and no matter what I offered him, he wouldn't be bribed to stay 4 years old - SMILE!

Ok so the details - tripod (of course) focal length 22mm

ISO 100
TV 1/4
AV 4.5
Exposure Comp. - 2/3

Ambient light from three low level lights - two VERY small fluro - one red hued lamp.

Converted in DPP from RAW then toyed with in Photoshop, standard levels, selective colour etc, then a 'dreamy' optiverve filter added and opacity reduced somewhat.
10/03/2007 10:08:16 AM · #66
Originally posted by Gordon:
Indoor, window light. There's a big window to camera left and a big window directly behind her, that's blowing out. The buildings outside the window are strongly illuminated by the late afternoon sun, so there's a lot of indirect light bouncing in from them. There's also a big yellow wall to her right.

Really quite beautiful, and very inspiring to get out of the studio and into a public area to take pictures. Thanks for the detailed light descriptions, very helpful. If only I could borrow this lovely girl.
 10/03/2007 10:42:23 AM · #67
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 10/03/2007 12:00:14 PM · #68
Playing catch-up since I missed yesterday
 10/03/2007 01:36:58 PM · #69
Gordon, while I love the two portrait comparison you did with the different light angles, I am really impressed by the collage. That collage in itself has some very interesting light!

Gordon's Location Collage
 10/03/2007 01:40:09 PM · #70
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#3

Today I went out during the day to see if I could recreate that low angled light that sunset provides using reflectors and gobos. It lacks the same warmth, but I think I came close.

10/03/2007 01:45:00 PM · #71
Originally posted by jaysonmc:
Gordon, while I love the two portrait comparison you did with the different light angles, I am really impressed by the collage. That collage in itself has some very interesting light!

Gordon's Location Collage


Thanks. I shot the original portraits as part of a session teaching her how to find light without having to create it. So doing this, I was tuned in to what was causing the light. I went back a couple of days later at the same time and took the location images, that showed the light I'd been shooting in.

In particular, I was trying to find a way to show the light and what was causing the light, in one shot. I also wanted to try to capture how mundane the locations are and yet there's good light to be found. The sorts of places you might walk past and not even consider worth using. That's the idea behind the collage shots - done using the CS2 panoramic merge, with most of the blending switched off.

This is my first attempt at putting these together, so feedback is very welcome. If it is useful, or not, if it makes sense, or not, what else you'd like to see or know about those locations or how to use/ find the light there, etc.

Message edited by author 2007-10-03 13:50:10.
 10/03/2007 01:59:12 PM · #72
Originally posted by Gordon:
In particular, I was trying to find a way to show the light and what was causing the light, in one shot. I also wanted to try to capture how mundane the locations are and yet there's good light to be found. The sorts of places you might walk past and not even consider worth using.

It's very helpful. Personally I've only got a couple of natural light portrait photos in my portfolio that work to some degree or other... I appreciate your desciptions of the environments and hope to hear more. Those shots are really wonderful.
 10/03/2007 03:51:07 PM · #73
10/03/2007 06:23:57 PM · #74


minutes apart but different uses of the light.
 10/03/2007 07:02:51 PM · #75
Icky icky day 3:
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lighting setup was cool but the picture was out of focus and blah
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