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The Lich King
The Lich King
wyverndragon


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Challenge: Free Study 2010-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: My Garage
Date: Oct 10, 2010
Aperture: f8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1.6s
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2010

 I love Halloween.

I had to shoot a smoke assignment for class. I made an impromptu tub out of a steel frame and some plastic sheeting, put about an inch or two of water in it and added some dry ice. This was a hollow, plastic skull that I picked up somewhere; I think it may have been a souvenir from Disneyland. The skull is wrapped in this thin net-like material that's kind of torn away at parts. A steel ball kept the skull in place in the water, all I needed then was to add light.

Lighting is:

1. a strobe off on the upper-right, flagged so it only caught the top parts of the fog.

2. a strobe above and to the left, gelled blue with a spot grid, as fill.

3. a little tiny projector suspended directly above, shining a crown-like pattern onto the skull.

4. glowstick blood, dribbled into the eye sockets. I accidentally got a drop on his cheek, and since there's no known way to clean glowstick blood up, I added a bit around his teeth as well to make the mistake look intentional.

Long day shoot. I started welding the frame around 4:30p and finished up the shoot sometime close to midnight.

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11/07/2010 02:01:34 PM
Good Lord, that's terrifying! And most excellent.
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 11/04/2010 11:57:54 AM
I don't know what I'm looking at here. all I know is that it really doesn't hold my interest
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