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Sunrise
Sunrise
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Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7
Date: Oct 1, 2007
Aperture: f/1.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 1, 2007

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Comments: 12
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 © Claire McAdams
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We up at 5:30am to drive out to this location. I had never photographed in a sunrise before and found that sunflaring was less of an issue out there. This one began as a pretty dull picture because I purposely overexposed a bit so that she wouldn't be so shadowed that I would lose the detail in her face and stuff. Then I darkened the shadows a lot and removed an itty bitty sun flare from the bottom left hand corner. When shooting against the sun without a shader thing on your lens it is important to pay attention to how you angle the photo to make the sun flare occur in a place where it is convenient to be rid of it if you need to.

ps. I had a five in 1 reflector with me a and used it for some shots but at this one I couldn't get it to look how I wanted with the reflector so I just let it go :)

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 10/30/2007 12:09:11 AM
I love the warm colurs, the straw in the foreground IMO is ok, her hair captures the sunlight very well, I like the entire photo except her expression IMO is a little off. Either way very nice :)

-dave
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 10/06/2007 12:36:37 AM
Very nice warm light. nice tones.
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 10/04/2007 11:52:55 AM
I love the glow -- the light is amazing. Her face color looks a bit odd, though.
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 10/01/2007 09:35:19 PM
fantastic light you've caught here

can i borrow one of your eyes please - you're quite good @ this ;)
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 10/01/2007 09:12:34 PM
beautiful shot and the long hair really catches the light beautifully. I may have to try and get up early just to shoot. I have a hard time exposing for these shots I think I usually end up blowing out the sky to get details in the face. another excellent image.
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 10/01/2007 01:39:46 PM
I love the glow around her hair. On my monitor, her face seems to have an orangey-reddish cast to it. Too bad about that straw across her chest too. I like that you did not lose the details in her face.
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 10/01/2007 01:03:42 PM
Sun as hairlight... very beautiful. Nice job using the available light. The actual sun in this picture detracts for me slightly (kind of an "eye-trap").
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 10/01/2007 11:43:08 AM
Lovely yellow glow to this. I think you did the lighting perfectly. My only suggestion is to wake up the model more... haha

For my own benefit I would love to see the original unedited photo to give me a better clue how you did this.
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 10/01/2007 11:14:25 AM
Boy a silver or white reflector held to her face would have secured the best of both worlds here. Her face seems a little yellow/dark, but still, very nice.
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 10/01/2007 11:10:50 AM
I love the golden glow and the light, I think everything is perfect its just such a pleasure to look at. She is a beautiful girl and bathed in light the way she is looks stunning.
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 10/01/2007 11:04:16 AM
On the contrary, I like the straw (aside from the parts obscuring your model). The light as fantastic as well, but the pose could be stronger. However, great light.
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 10/01/2007 10:46:38 AM
The light is very nice, especially the glow around her hair. The straw (?) in the foreground is a little distracting in my opinion.
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