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Flash from the subject's point of view
Flash from the subject's point of view
Dave Gordon


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Challenge: Lighting (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990
Location: Goshen, N.Y. (my home)
Date: Oct 19, 2003
Aperture: f/7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Interior, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2003

The flash unit on the Minolta is a slave unit. The picture was actually taken with the in-camera flash in a Nikon Coolpix 990 set to 1/4 power and a second slave unit to one side of the Minolta.

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10/30/2003 04:01:16 PM
Hi from the Critique Club Dave.

Last?! Well, i think that's underserved, certainly. Not a winner, but hey.

The idea's fine - in fact perhaps one of the better ideas for this challenge, but the execution is certainly what's brought your score so low. I have no idea how possible it is to get a clean, un-noisey image of a camera below such a bright flash, without resorting to double-exposures and the like, but had you been able to do that the score would be a load higher. Also, something to black out the background around the Minolta would have helped, those lines of tthe door and window(?) look like an accident.

Ed
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10/26/2003 08:50:45 PM
6. Is that a film camera I see?
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10/25/2003 12:49:16 PM
I assume this was taken in a mirror? The concept is interesting, but I think the picture quality is a little low. It has quite a lot of noise, probably from the low light prior to the flash. And as one expects from a flash in the face, it is a little blinding too.
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10/23/2003 09:37:13 PM
I think the flash is far too bright and dominant in this image. That may have been your intention - but I don't think it's a strong point. It may have been better if you were further away from the subject and some of that bright light could have diffused a bit.
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10/22/2003 04:15:31 PM
Shows lighting well, a different perspective, but it fails to capture my attention. The focus seems a little off, but that could be because of the intense light from the flash. Its an interesting idea, but the execution falls a little short for me. 4
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10/21/2003 08:11:27 AM
Yeah thanks for blinding me there :-) Well I gotta say one thing, this pic has the brightest light of the challenge.
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10/20/2003 12:16:27 PM
Interesting subject for challenge. Good idea. Good composition. 6.
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10/20/2003 12:16:23 PM
neat idea, not the best outcome.
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10/20/2003 10:11:50 AM
I like how it appears as if you're shooting with a film camera. I'm not sure I like the flash going off though. It is absolutely screaming at me and makes it hard for me to look at the rest of the image.
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10/20/2003 12:32:55 AM
A little too much flash here. I think you would have benifited from a faster shutter speed here with some sorrounding light against a black backdrop to comensate for the shutter.
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