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Portaits 295
Day 295 of 365
"Portraits 295"
I see this Bougainvillea plant every day at my daughter's school. Sure, it is pretty, but how does one do anything unique with the little guy? I imagined the flower would look pretty sexy against a black background....but then thought I should try it against a white background. Finally, I decided to go with both. I thought I would attempt to do something in-camera that looks as though it was done in post. So, could I create two different backgrounds in-camera? With the white background pulled down, I then placed a piece of black board behind the camera-left flower, close enough that the light working on the white background would not leak on to the black board. There is a medium-sized softbox at camera-left, and it is just inches away from that flower. By only using one light on both flowers, this was also a demonstration of the Inverse Square Law. That is to say, by having the light source so close to the camera-left flower, the light falloff is abrupt, leaving the camera-right flower considerably darker in exposure. However, by placing it against the brightly exposed white background (lit with a Paul C. Buff Einstein strobe), the flower is lit from behind. So, even though the camera-right flower is darker, it has a similar level of contrast, being against the bright background. The only post work performed was extending the stem of the camera-right flower. It was a bit lower than the other, so I wanted to raise it a bit. I could imagine this concept with two people of different skin tones. Hmmmmm. Thanks for stopping by!!
#blackandwhite #flower #bougainvillea #pinkflower #bloom #contrast #pink #ebonyandivory #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #pocketwizard #plant #flowers
Portaits 295
Day 295 of 365
"Portraits 295"
I see this Bougainvillea plant every day at my daughter's school. Sure, it is pretty, but how does one do anything unique with the little guy? I imagined the flower would look pretty sexy against a black background....but then thought I should try it against a white background. Finally, I decided to go with both. I thought I would attempt to do something in-camera that looks as though it was done in post. So, could I create two different backgrounds in-camera? With the white background pulled down, I then placed a piece of black board behind the camera-left flower, close enough that the light working on the white background would not leak on to the black board. There is a medium-sized softbox at camera-left, and it is just inches away from that flower. By only using one light on both flowers, this was also a demonstration of the Inverse Square Law. That is to say, by having the light source so close to the camera-left flower, the light falloff is abrupt, leaving the camera-right flower considerably darker in exposure. However, by placing it against the brightly exposed white background (lit with a Paul C. Buff Einstein strobe), the flower is lit from behind. So, even though the camera-right flower is darker, it has a similar level of contrast, being against the bright background. The only post work performed was extending the stem of the camera-right flower. It was a bit lower than the other, so I wanted to raise it a bit. I could imagine this concept with two people of different skin tones. Hmmmmm. Thanks for stopping by!!
#blackandwhite #flower #bougainvillea #pinkflower #bloom #contrast #pink #ebonyandivory #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #pocketwizard #plant #flowers