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Challenge: DQ Deja Vu (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Date: Sep 22, 2013
Date Uploaded: Sep 22, 2013

 Found this image, and through it was fun to make the light bulb lit just standing in front of an outlet.



So I took that idea, and used advanced editing to get a similar result.

I used two flashes. One to light the bulb (it had a snoot, to keep the light narrow. The other was bounced off the ceiling to light the background a bit.

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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 10/04/2013 12:26:00 AM
You did this within Advanced rules?

Excellent. Favorite for me.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4 R
 10/03/2013 10:00:52 PM
Neat. I like it!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/03/2013 02:55:50 AM
I prefer this to the original.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 10/02/2013 11:01:21 AM
Good rendition of the earlier image. If that bulb were a little sharper, this would be even more fun.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 09/30/2013 03:53:17 PM
Photoshop can solve that.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 09/28/2013 10:22:12 PM
Voted earlier coming back to vote.

The light is lit!!! Different bulb than the original but I think in this redux it is better because it fills out the frame more. Overall the photo is a bit dark which does help make the lightbulb pop more off the background, but the drawback is that the outlet is too much in the shadows that it gets lost. I think that this would be better if the exposure was a bit brighter either through slower shutter speed paired with lower aperture to let more light in or perhaps in PP with Levels and Curves.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 09/28/2013 06:54:58 PM
Cool. :)
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