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My Head Nearly Exploded
My Head Nearly Exploded
Art Roflmao


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Aperture: f1.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3200
Date Uploaded: Jun 5, 2008

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 After the comments and my own lack of satisfaction with my last entry (and other "studio lighting" shots, I decided to mess around with my 580EX and use that with the softboxes and the umbrella so I could get decent shots at f1.4. I was forced to read the manual (just a page or two).

Well I think I'm somewhat on the right track. This shot is nearly straight out of the camera and uncropped! And Shutter speed was 1/3200 - this makes for a much sharper image! Sorry for putting you through another SP, my model pool is limited.

Ok, so no photoshop on this, but I couldn't help imagining what I would do if I just threw a little fractalius and Lucis at it. Hmmmm....


Ok, I threw some fire and a few other things at it as well. I'm soooo bad. :P

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 06/16/2008 03:11:46 AM
Golly Gosh you are so funny.....
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 06/08/2008 02:05:59 AM
This turned out quite well with for using the lighting setup. I think the other one fits you better, but this is a good start if you ever want to "go straight". Photography speaking, of course.
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 06/06/2008 07:36:44 PM
Your light is pretty good in this! You have shadows on your neck and under your arms and hands. Gives a much more 3D look :)

May I make a suggestion? If you are having trouble learning your lighting set up, try using them one at a time. Use one light for 5 or 6 days until you get more comfortable with the camera settings and the light settings, then move to 2 lights, etc... It could just be that you need to back them up a bit or dial them down a hair :) Either way, the learning curve is steep with strobes (I still use constant lighting and even THAT took me what felt like forever LOL) and I am nervous about going that way (strobes) myself :P
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 06/05/2008 11:38:38 PM
wow there sure is a lot of distortion with your lens...:)
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 06/05/2008 10:52:51 PM
Very nice lighting Ken, the focus is outstanding as well. But...you're relly going to have get yourself a better looking model!
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 06/05/2008 09:15:33 PM
Much improvement over the prior studio shot. Lighting is my own personal kryptonite. Great pose and composition too, Art (you ham). :)
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 06/05/2008 03:16:54 PM
great shot!!! the green 1 too!!
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 06/05/2008 09:07:29 AM
Hey this is lovely light and colour and beautifully sharp.
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 06/05/2008 08:54:49 AM
ahhhhh, now I know why photoshop was invented!! (just kidding) ;)
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 06/05/2008 08:36:26 AM
great tutorial link and oh yeah, like I have the patience for that!. (NOT) see below on how to stop a hummer's wings... :)

nice SP Ken and the lighting seems great to me; btw all the math & numbers you & JD kicked around gave me a wopping headache, so now I have to stay on the couch all day, drink more coffee and look at pretty pictures to make it go away..

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 06/05/2008 08:00:43 AM
Good lighting! I wish I could take self portraits, I can never get the composition right.
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 06/05/2008 06:58:03 AM
Is that what you look like when your wife is calling you to come inside? ;-Þ
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 06/05/2008 06:54:02 AM
Originally posted by jdannels:
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Thanks Joe! I just read the tutorial and learned much! Mainly that I don't have enough patience for hummingbird shots. ;-) Seriously though, the setup info was great. Much appreciated for pointing me in a direction.
 06/05/2008 06:17:44 AM
nice sharpness. a few things with the flash. When your in the studio set up you don't really need a shutter speed faster than the standard sync (1/250). If you take a photo without the strobes and the photo is dark, then you have no ambient light affecting your shot. The effective shutter speed is the duration of the flash which is around 1/10,000 of a sec. And the lower your power setting on your flash the faster the shutter speed. Take a look at Ann's tutorial for a better explanation.(involves reading, but its on the interweb so its ok :P) Hope this is a little helpful.
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 06/05/2008 05:32:18 AM
Manual? Who knew? Looks like you might be onto something.
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