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Partial black and white of light trails on a London street at night
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I decided this would be the next comp I would work on. There was nothing extra special about this. I liked the angle this was shot at and taking on the 3 buildings in 1 comp. I caught this as I was walking to another building I was looking to shoot. When I go into LA I am constantly looking around looking for new angles of composition. People must think something is coming from the sky as I am walking because 90% of the time I am walking and driving looking at an upward angle. The driving part is tricky but can be perfected with practice.
The number of layers and versions is an insane amount. Being new to this processing takes a lot of work to see the light, angles, shapes and luminosity. I really do enjoy looking at a shot from every angle and trying different lighting schemes. It takes some trial and error. The joy is once you find the theme and lighting scheme you want to go with the comp comes together nicely but not without many more hours of shading and highlighting to create the vision. Each building is processed individually as well as the sky but as a whole to the final outcome. I do very little global adjustments. I have never used so many selections, each building is a selection as well as windows, arches, poles, panes, ridges and sky.
I am really not sure of the hours put in, I should clock in and clock out so I know how many hours I put in on a comp but that would seem to much like work. Thanks again to Joel Tjintjellar and his Master Class Video.
How i did these ....
First of all you need to break the light bulb. I held the bulb in a bag and gently hit the bulb with a hammer. My success rate was about 1 in 3, hence buy cheap bulbs! There is another way and that's with an adjustable wrench and snap the glass at the smallest point. I believe the success rate would be a lot better than the hammer!
Once you've broken the bulb, it's a matter of choice to either clean off all the remaining glass or leave the bulb in the exact same state as first broken. If the filaments have moved, move them back in place so they are symmetrical.
I setup an old lamp stand approximately 12" in front of some black card. Attach the broken bulb, but make sure it's not plugged in! I then set the focus to manual and focused on the filaments. I used a number of various settings between f4 & f8 and a minimum shutter speed of 1/800. Set the camera to continuous shooting. No flash was used in any of these, but a couple of them I did back light the bulb but it didn't really make much difference. If anything, it gave me more pp work to do! The room also doesn't need to be pitch black, I did all of mine with natural light coming through the window!
So here goes .... Try and use a remote if you can as you have to start snapping about a second before plugging in the lamp. You literally get a couple of seconds before the bulb burns out. Hopefully this will give you about 6 shots to choose from.
Good luck all and dont forget to unplug the light before removing the blown bulb!!
Camera and tripod mounted in passenger seat, took during ride home from work. Remote shutter release.
I wanted to do a little series of 'something' from different perspectives using the same lens to see how much I could alter a scene based on angle, distance, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance. I thought it would be fun because I've been doing so many strobist photos lately. As I just got this dining table, I figured it was a good subject. I haven't altered any of these shots in post, and only used available light.
For this shot, I closed the blinds to have less ambient light and turned on the dining room light (shown as the white bokeh ball in the corner). The light was right on top of the flowers, but I have a mirrored wall, so you can see the reflection.
I had a go at light painting as a project for my camera class. Not as easy as I thought it would be but a bit of fun and completely new for me!
The idea for this image came from Leo Roos who stated that my Primoplan 58/1.9 should be capable of creating similar highlights as his Primoplan 75/1.9 created in his Twelve moons ascending image. OK, it took a fair length of extension tubes and fiddling with light and subject but I got a result.
And as it is still Oktoberfest at Dyxum, I'll enter this for day 14.
• Italy, Milano: in a fashion shop •
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Well, the sun didn't play along, today! No real sunshine but lots of afternoon light!
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Thanks to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... Thanks to you all.
Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.
- George Eastman
Gatineau’s Casino
Turning the camera on my tripod, to create movement.
I think it represents well the spinning action you can find in a typical casino, the rush of winning and the deception of loosing.
The shinning lights, the sounds, the action.
Nikon D700 Nikkor 14-24MM f/2.8
"Morning Light" So this is was my second visit to Chrome Hill in the Peak District. Arrived there around 6am and parked up in the tiny village of Earl Sterndale. After a forty minute hike I arrived at the classic composition overlooking Parkhouse Hill and the Upper Dove valley. Along the way I was treated to a shooting star show and the added bonus of having the whole hill to myself. Shame the sky didn't live up to my expectations but I suppose you can't have everything. I think I may have to pay this location a few more visits in the new year. Anyway I hope the shot brings a smile :-)
"In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints ... and gods." Steven Pinker
I absolutely love this quote and the fact that the writer's name is Pinker makes it even more fitting! Just say'n! Bahaha