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Adams & Westlake "Kero" Lantern
Adams & Westlake "Kero" Lantern
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Challenge: Backlighting (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Tonawanda, NY
Date: Sep 7, 2004
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Interior, Studio
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2004

 This was a real learning experience for me. I've had a set of (2) Alien Bees studio strobes for several months, but really haven't had a chance to do much with them. For this challenge, I used the B400 through a white umbrella and the B800 bounced into a silver umbrella.

For backlighting, I resurrected two old Honeywell Strobonar 200's - one aimed into the back of the lantern from just below the covered stool on which I placed the lantern. The other Strobonar was used to light the plain white backdrop.

...I'm now on better speaking terms with my lights.

Post-processing was limited (of course!) to auto levels, selective colors (lightening the whites) and unsharp mask in PS7.

Thanks for looking, commenting and/or voting.

Statistics
Place: 277 out of 367
Avg (all users): 4.6374
Avg (commenters): 4.2000
Avg (participants): 4.4338
Avg (non-participants): 4.8571
Views since voting: 1048
Views during voting: 333
Votes: 262
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 04/21/2005 04:38:54 PM
Super photo ... love the detail & lighting .. great job !!!
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 09/18/2004 07:28:12 AM
"For backlighting, I resurrected two old Honeywell Strobonar 200's - one aimed into the back of the lantern from just below the covered stool on which I placed the lantern."

I'd like to see what you would get with just this lighting. Eliminating the front lighting which far overpowered the back would make for a far more effective backlighting photo. Otherwise, because it was such a quality photo to begin with I gave you a 7. Had this been in a still life challenge, you would have gotten a 10 from me.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/12/2004 04:11:36 PM
Very crisp and clear and fantastic detail but perhaps just a little to big.
 09/11/2004 05:22:12 PM
An interesting subject, and a nice setting, but I don't see much evidence of backlighting.
 09/10/2004 02:56:58 PM
the light looks like its coming directly overhead...not backlit at all.
 09/10/2004 04:22:21 AM
In my opinion there is no backlight enhacing the value of the subject, there is a diffuse lighting! Nice object and good focus.
- UPDATE: I was wrong with my backlighting idea, it should not be a direct source. This was one of my first votes in this challenge.
 09/08/2004 10:37:33 PM
Doesn't appear backlit to me. The shadows from the bottom of the lantern are being thrown to the back. I can see that the lantern is lit from the back by the glare on the handle, but the front and top lighting are overpowering the backlight. Still a very nice photo very simple, crisp, clear. I do like it. 5.
 09/08/2004 02:54:29 PM
doesnt appear that it is backlit


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