Photographer’s Notes I had another idea entirely. I was going to shoot a salt shaker on its side with salt coming out the holes and title it something like, “Accident Victim,” or maybe “Crime Scene.” Turns out to be bloody hard to capture salt pouring out the holes.
I have traditionally been a natural light photographer. I have no studio, no photography lights. What I have is a closet and a variety of household lights and flashlights. In this case, I placed a halogen desk lamp above and behind my subjects and added light to the front via a small LED flashlight … in a nearly dark closet.
In the end, the LED light softened the halogen shadows and put some light on my subject, which I caught mostly in reflection. The reflection was a total surprise, but I’ll take pleasant surprises every day.
Post Processing • Convert from RAW (PSCS5 Camera Raw)
• Darken (PSCS5 Curves Layer)
• Crop (PSCS5)
• Resize (Genuine Fractals)
• Sharpen (PSCS5 USM)
• Save for Web (PSCS5)
Camera Data • Date: 2011-09-04
• Camera: Nikon D3
• Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
• ISO: 200
• Aperture: f/36
• Shutter: 25 Seconds
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