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Challenge: Single Light Source II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Studio Grandi, Rvk
Date: May 29, 2006
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 29, 2006

 This is Svala Jonsdóttir, she has modeled for me before, for Fashion
in case someone recognizes her wich I find unlikely since she was wearing sunglasses in that shot.

Decreased saturation and increased contrast in raw conversion. Healing brush, hue/sat adjustment on the eyes to make them blue again (the reduced saturation almost left them colorless) and finally sharpened after resizing.

As for the lighting, I used a home made 220x100cm softbox for it. I say home made because I couldn´t afford the 200x100 softbox from Bowens so I improvised. Technically this is lit with 3 bowens heads, one in the middle with a 100x100 softbox and two 60x60 softboxes to each side to the big one. They were overlapping, set to the same power and facing the same direction, effectively giving off the same effect a 200x100 softbox would do. I was then standing between the softbox and Svala as close as the focusing distance of the 85mm lens would let me or about 80-90 cm and the softbox was directly behind me, my head was touching the middle one, the black shadow you see in the middle of the iris is me :) That means that the softboxes were just about 1 meter from her, therefore the backround (wich was pretty close) was blown out.

That means this image would have looked EXACTLY the same with a big 200x100 softbox, wether the self proclaimed lighting experts who doubted that believe it or not...

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 238
Avg (all users): 6.1098
Avg (commenters): 6.2632
Avg (participants): 5.7882
Avg (non-participants): 6.2706
Views since voting: 2830
Views during voting: 462
Votes: 255
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 10/06/2007 10:51:20 AM
I love the motion in her hair. This is fabulous! The detail in her skin is awesome and I like that you explained your setup. I am going to try getting in front of a softbox now because I always have them to my side but then I can't get light as straight on as I want....awesome shot
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 06/07/2006 07:56:14 PM
She's simply stunning!
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 06/07/2006 06:50:42 PM
Heh. So it WAS lit with a single (albeit compound) light source. Very good, sir. Well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/06/2006 12:14:11 AM
Now this is high key single light source image! beautiful model and beautiful skin!
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 06/05/2006 09:23:57 PM
Single light source? I mean for the subject AND the background?
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt anyways.
It's a good thing you didn't NI the hell out of it. Good luck on this. Yeah.
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 06/05/2006 09:22:19 PM
Incredible model! Great photo.
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 06/05/2006 04:49:13 PM
Lovely model, great pose and composition. I feel the lighting it just a bit to direct and harsh to do this lovely portait justice. A slightly less exposure level may have improved this image. Still a very nice photo, though.
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 06/05/2006 11:49:28 AM
Challenge related: The reflection in her eyes shows that there are multiple light sources. Looks to be at least 3 sources.

Technical: I initially rated this photo lower because of the challenge issue, but the fact is that this is a great photo. Great sharpness. The reflection in her eyes adds wonders to this photo. The technical aspect alone made me rate this photo higher than I would have.
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 06/04/2006 07:12:00 AM
Looks like multiple catchlights in the eyes, that's strange. What kind of light setup was it?
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 06/03/2006 08:39:47 PM
Nice portrait. I like her expression and the eyes.
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 06/03/2006 03:22:53 PM
Great image, but I'm having difficulty believing that this is a single artificial light (the catchlights in her eyes are oddly shaped and the quantity of light).
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 06/03/2006 02:53:06 PM
Nice pic, but not what I term single source. Yeah, it probably was coming out of very large lightbox or something, but isn't that akin to using overcast skies and claiming this was a single source too?
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 06/02/2006 01:06:39 PM
Are you sure you used a single light source here? It's a fantastic anyhow.
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 06/02/2006 12:33:00 PM
Solid portrait work
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 06/02/2006 01:52:10 AM
Super photo, really good. Was this an artificial single light source? There seems to be several light sources reflected in her eyes.
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 06/01/2006 05:42:46 PM
she's very pretty
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 06/01/2006 05:32:16 AM
Has a certain something. Perhaps in the enigma of the expression.
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 05/31/2006 08:30:36 PM
Stunning photo but reflection in eyes is annoying and looks like multiple light sources.
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 05/31/2006 07:11:04 PM
beautiful model, my only suggestion would be to have softened the skin a bit
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 05/31/2006 04:09:50 PM
Beautiful model, with very dramatic eyes. Not clear how the single light source angle fits in.
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 05/31/2006 02:53:13 PM
like the colours, nice clear shot.
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 05/31/2006 10:20:40 AM
There is a refelection in her eye that distracts me a little
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 05/31/2006 12:34:18 AM
nice catch lights in the eyes - they really draw you in (the eyes that is). Pose and composition well done.
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 05/31/2006 12:33:12 AM
Beautiful eyes. Crisp focus. Hope this does well for you.8.
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 05/30/2006 08:19:45 PM
Beautiful model and compo!
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