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Looking into the Sun
Looking into the Sun
BrianR


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Challenge: Multiple Light Sources II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Hervey Bay, Australia
Date: Mar 20, 2007
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2007

 Looking into the Sun

Used the sun and a flash to create the effect of not having the silhouette look with the major light source being forward of the camera, this is Reg who I walk with each morning for exercise, hope you like the effect.

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Post comment, it is obvious that skill is not voted on in challenges,as from the majority of dark images that were used to create the multiple light effect, but a photo taken in daylight, was barely given a mention for the balance of light used to create the image, and I was told to broaden my way of thinking.
Photographing multiple lights is not what I believe is using multiple light sources to highlight your subject.

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.5204
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.0556
Avg (non-participants): 5.6250
Views since voting: 884
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 196
Comments: 12
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 03/28/2007 07:45:40 PM
I also think this challenge has challenged you so much, and I am so proud of you, with this result Brian.
You really research the best that you can do with each and every challange you enter, and alwys put your heart and soul into your photographs.
Keep on being who you are, and doing what you do, and the results will come your way.
 03/28/2007 10:39:13 AM
I think you did a great job on this Brian. You're right, it is tricky and takes fair skill to shoot in bright sunlight and keep the subject from silhouetting. I do love your ocean photos! They are definitely your best work. Keep it up!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2007 11:33:08 PM
7 just for great color/light.
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 03/27/2007 05:16:50 PM
A very nice use of fill-in flash in good balance with the sunlight, composition is not bad but content is not much (I guess he is seeing something we don't)
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 03/25/2007 10:11:31 PM
this makes me want a vacation
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 03/24/2007 10:08:09 PM
When I first looked at the man, my first though was Bill Murray.
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 03/24/2007 10:10:06 AM
I think this really gets the challenge - beautifully executed
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 03/23/2007 02:22:42 PM
Hmm. Lurid colours and so much fill-flash he looks like a cut-out. OK, I like it in a perverse kind of way ;)
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 03/22/2007 01:38:51 AM
I like the use of the natural sunlight, and I also like the perspective here as well.....
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 03/21/2007 11:50:57 AM
I love the colors in this. Great job.
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 03/21/2007 10:11:33 AM
the border is too much for me.
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 03/21/2007 05:23:06 AM
like the use of the sun on the front of your subject,with the fill light on the back, an excellent balance....
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