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She Lights up my Heart!
She Lights up my Heart!
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Challenge: Heart II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: Nov 16, 2008
Aperture: Heart Cutout (f/1.4)
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Portraiture, Street
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2008

 Well... this was actually a test shot... I planned on doing a big setup downtown for this one... got all my gear ready, charged my pig power pack up, but we got rained out... I was going to do a big setup downtown on Saturday night... but it rained all night... so it was a bust... luckily I went out with my faince on Friday night to do some test shots, so at least we had some nice ones... I decided to go ahead and enter this one...

[update...]

ok.... now it's Sunday night... the rain stopped but it's just too damn cold and windy... so I re-shot my original rain shot... it's a much better... not my original idea... but still really good...

Now... this is not something I came up with... it has been done before, so I would think that other people would have shots like this... but I'm not sure... it's acutally VERY simple!... just cut out piece of cardboard a tiny bit bigger than the inner dimentions of your lens filter, cut out a heart in the middle, then jam it into the filter, and fire away... the out of focus lights in tbackground get a nice Bokeh in the shape of the cutout... any shape you want =)

BUT the trick is to have a VERY shallow depth of field... this way the lights don't have to be too far away to become blurry... you could do this with a 50mm f/1.8... BUT it works best with a f/1.4 lens... so I used my nikkor 50mm f/1.4D lens for the shot... for lighting I used an SB-600 with a GF lightsphere... I LOVE my lightsphere... EVERYONE should buy one!!!

incase you didn't pick up on it, the hearts are the street lights on the road...

now... how will it do? don't know... some people may not like the half face... I do =)...

Either way... I have a new trick and I will use it again many times... =)

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 105
Avg (all users): 5.5808
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 5.5102
Avg (non-participants): 5.6102
Views since voting: 1119
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 167
Comments: 13
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/24/2008 10:10:34 PM
Hmmmmm..... I still can't quite figure out the cardboard setup you're describing. Why aren't there shadows of the cutout in the photograph if the cutout is placed on the lens?
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 11/24/2008 09:10:59 AM
i thought this was pretty cool - with the hearts streaming behind her. what a great keepsake too. and thanks for including how you did the hearts - i had no clue! definitely going to try that now :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
 11/19/2008 07:09:34 AM
love the joy 7
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/18/2008 09:15:22 PM
The hearts in the background are a nice touch.
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Hasselblad Hasselblad H3D
Hasselblad HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 mm
 11/18/2008 05:47:51 PM
Great shot, I tried this technique for hours, but could not get crisp hearts and the subject in focus. Gets a 10 from me but only if you pm me some tips!!
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 11/18/2008 04:08:48 PM
how did you do that?
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/18/2008 08:30:05 AM
Fantastic image. It has to be top 3!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/17/2008 04:34:38 PM
And I am sure she likes this picture. Very nice image and I really like the hearts. If somehow you could bring more of her face into the image it would be nice....it is a little stark in the transition on the left side.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/17/2008 01:11:10 PM
Cool shot, nice focus on the eye.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/17/2008 11:59:40 AM
good balance between the flsh and the bckground. no comments regarding the hearts - they're gorgeous :)
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/17/2008 07:35:03 AM
This one has me wondering how you did that. Great effect.
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 11/17/2008 01:56:42 AM
Awww - that's cute
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2008 12:26:54 AM
heart bokeh!! awesome-ness!
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