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A Little More Light on the Subject
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Challenge: Lighting II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Livingroom
Date: May 22, 2005
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15 s
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2005

 A couple people asked how I did this, so I will now tell you. :-)

For the colored lights I used (*drumroll...*) colored lights. A blue one on the right and red one on the left. The lights refract through the water in the glass making the wing-y things on the background (a piece of white posterboard), and the shadows are colored by the closer lights.

The white light was done using a flashlight pointed downwards into the glass and on the posterboard backdrop, and I moved the flashlight around some during the 15 second exposure to smooth the lighting out. The whole setup was improvised not pre-planned--I kept playing around with lots of different things, and this was the most interesting.

As always, thanks for the comments. :-)
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 12/23/2005 03:54:49 PM

The science of experimentation, greeting from Mexico, keep doing well
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/29/2005 08:17:23 PM
The combination of shapes and colors give this an interesting kind of abstraction that draws the eye. I'm not sure about the "coloring" of the "contents" of the glass - it's kind of ghostly-eerie looking, but in it's own way adds to the the abstract feel. The centered composition feels a bit static, but overall I find the photo interesting.
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 05/29/2005 12:45:27 AM
The colors are great. would be interested in how you did this.
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 05/27/2005 11:04:48 AM
Very cool effect, well done!
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 05/26/2005 04:17:12 PM
Could have titled this one "Glass by MSN". Great coloring.
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 05/25/2005 07:12:47 PM
Very clever. Tell us how you set it up.
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 05/24/2005 02:54:20 PM
Water ... drink of the angels. Very wonderful light study here. 8.
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 05/24/2005 02:36:46 PM
I like the graphic quality of this image. I really like the two shafts of colored light on either side of the glass. The neutral gray tone of the glass does not work well for me. It seems a bit dull to me. I think a bit of dodging of the glass to lighten its color would have made this interesting image even better.
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 05/24/2005 02:19:00 PM
nice idea but the image does seem a little flat, I think you chose a difficult subject, good try
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 05/23/2005 06:11:17 PM
Really, really neat setup! With such strict symmetry, the only nitpicks would be the reflections on the glass itself. Also there seems to be a weird mottled-ness to the blue background- I think it's there in the red side too, but it's harder to tell.
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 05/23/2005 11:46:05 AM
Very creative use of light. I like it.
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 05/23/2005 09:18:14 AM
This is soon cool!
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 05/23/2005 12:31:36 AM
red, white, and blue... awesome!
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