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In The Beginning
In The Beginning
hokie


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Challenge: Lighting III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D PC
Location: Studio
Date: Oct 17, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30th sec
Galleries: Abstract, Performance
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2006

 Pretty easy setup really.

With all the talk of the nuclear threats and religous fever running rampant I got this idea of the birth of man. I knew I wanted a non-descript backlit human figure but..what would I do to represent the birth?

Then I got an idea from watching a James Bond movie. The beginning credits always have that tunnel kind of thing going for it so I wanted to re-create that concept.

So..the set-up.

I have my model behind a semi-transparent shower curtain..backlit with a 2 million candle sport spot light.

Then I have my camera set up with a piece of PVC pipe set-up in front of the lens so when you look down the pipe the glow effects and shadows gives a bubble effect to the model behind the screen.

Post processing was very minimal. This shot looks pretty much like it did right out the camera.

-Noise Ninja
-Crop
-Levels
-Curves for contrast
-Selective color to remove some minor color casting
-resized for the web
-very little sharpening..I wanted to maintain the soft glow

I don't know whether this shot will have enough detail or "stock photo" feel to entice the DPC crowd but I like the effect and I learned something new..which is the point I guess :-D

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/23/2006 07:33:01 PM
wowwwwwwww... you'll sure be winninggggg..
 10/21/2006 02:06:12 PM
Really nice out of the box image
good luck, i hope this does well for you.

Kev
 10/19/2006 06:00:25 PM
woah, trippy. would like to know how you did this. I really like this and it has a very different approach to lighting. 10
 10/19/2006 05:40:24 PM
I Like
 10/19/2006 02:51:33 PM
Great concept, very well shot!
 10/18/2006 04:59:42 PM
Reminds me of another photo that had that tunnel vision effect. The centered composition enhances that "trapped" feeling, IMO. Overall good shot!
 10/18/2006 08:34:24 AM
lotta impact here. good work.-9-
 10/18/2006 08:29:13 AM
very good idia
 10/18/2006 06:23:31 AM
Sweet! I love the image, although I'm not sure DPC is ready for it. I'm curious if this was intended in a sci-fi way, or a pre-natal way. I am also curious about the technique -- it's flirting with a DQ request.
 10/18/2006 04:37:43 AM
impressive
 10/18/2006 02:30:03 AM
:-)
 10/18/2006 12:43:35 AM
Cool effect, very curious to see how you did this.
 10/17/2006 08:53:05 PM
Very clever and a good example of an innovative treatment of lighting....don't know why, but I would have preferred her just off centre a little.
 10/17/2006 08:20:15 PM
FUNKY!
I like


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