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05/26/2005 04:47:52 PM |
Thanks for the comments everyone.
I din't even realize how read the skin was, until a week later when I looked at it to see how it did. I knew the focus wasn't great but after 4+ hours working on it over as many days, it was time to call it good enough.
There were a couple of tricky parts to getting the reflection, and my technique still needs improvement...
1) The angles: The apple close to the lens, but just out of sight of the shot, and about 1/3 of the distance from the eye to the camera. Then I had my model move his eye around to get the apple as close to the center of the pupil as possible. Having the model Look about 1/2 way between the center of the camera and the apple seemed to work best.
2) The lighting: I did it outside, a few hours before twilight, but I think if I try it again, I'll shoot for a little after noon. I needed to get the apple really brightly light, and the face had to be protected from being lit too brightly, or you couldn't see the reflections. I had to build a black background to surround the model's eye, so no other reflections, besides the apple would get through. at first I kept getting a bunch of reflections from the street, etc.
Also important was having the overal lighting bright enough that I could get the action stopped, even when stopping down. I would have liked to stop all the way down to f/32 or so, but f/18 was the best I could do with the light I had.
3) Focus: See above note on overall lighting. Also, now that I've had a chance to play around with the macro extension tube I just got, I think that might have helped, especially if used closer to noon, with the aperature set down a few stops.
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05/24/2005 12:11:55 AM |
| I like the idea but the tones are a little off & I'd like to see it sharper |
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05/23/2005 04:59:10 PM |
| Nice idea, but the picture is out of focus and the tint is off a little. |
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05/22/2005 01:01:09 PM |
The apple of your eye is sitting over the left buttock of a woman in a short skirt? Somewhat interesting basic idea, but I have a personal dislike of the exact setup. The skin also seems abnormally red.
Base: +5
Technical: +0
Interest: +1
Emotion: +0
Bias: -1
Total: 5
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05/21/2005 04:28:04 AM |
| tisc is an original idea well done and eyecatching 10 |
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05/21/2005 01:57:22 AM |
| This is such a cool idea! The only thing that bugs me is over all image quality, it seems very compressed and noisy. |
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05/21/2005 01:00:44 AM |
| good idea. but i think that stronger lighting on the face would have helped a lot- as it is the skin is too much the same tone. a sharper focus would have been good as well |
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05/20/2005 09:24:21 PM |
| Very cool idea.. it's a shame it's not clearer in focus. |
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05/20/2005 07:57:40 PM |
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05/19/2005 12:35:00 PM |
| Awesome pic,,I love the reflection,,10 |
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05/18/2005 10:20:22 PM |
| OK I tried this and after failing miserably I can appreciate how hard it is so I am gonna give you an 8. |
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05/18/2005 09:54:33 PM |
i knew there had to at least one of these... lol
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05/18/2005 08:26:15 PM |
| I tried & tried to get this shot but never succeeded. PLEASE explain how you got it! Great shot; congrats! |
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05/18/2005 06:03:09 PM |
| The shot is too red and there is something white below the apple. To pull this off you need a sharp, clear focus and I see this as too soft for much affect. |
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05/18/2005 05:13:08 PM |
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05/18/2005 02:03:58 PM |
| Great Shot- Hope you win! |
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05/18/2005 01:14:50 PM |
| hope you'll share how you did this! |
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05/18/2005 06:44:58 AM |
| nice idea, but the apple reflection is too small. |
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