Challenge:Light (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Canon EOS-20D Location: Grand Falls, NB Date: Jan 24, 2005 Aperture: F27 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/60 sec Galleries:Still Life Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2005
Just reproducing a shot I did for my Photo-A-Day on January 15. I set the aperture to F27 to make the background completely black. The background is actually just my basement lit with regular tungsten 100W bulbs. The small aperture doesn't let enough light in to show the background. The golf ball was resting on the head of a screw. I used a tube made of black paper taped to the front of my 550EX flash (on a tripod) fired by my ST-E2 wireless transmitter. Cloned out a few little distractions.
The star bursts are created by a small aperture.
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Mr. Jacko, great shot even seeing it the 2nd, 3rd ... whatever the 10th time. Looks like you must have used a star filter and some good lights. I still like this shot quite a bit and hope it does well. Good Luck.
Technically very good, and of course its challenge related qualities are excellent. Maybe the starburst effect is a tiny bit overdone? But no, maybe it's just right. There are a few small distractions visible in some of the dimples ... manufacturing irregularities? Try switching to the Titleist Pro VI; great distance and nice smooth dimples. Score 7
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