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Light as a Feather
Light as a Feather
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Light on White IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon MF Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Still Life, Birds
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2009

 When I saw the challenge name, I had some trouble thinking of some ideas... then I realized, what is light in colour and also light in weight? A Feather!!! so I went out and bought a small bag of feathers for about $3, and started firing away... First I tried to half-ass it with just one alienbee light and a softbox, but then when you try and get the background white enough, the feather gets too white... so I got out a second alienbee light just for the background... Here's the setup: one alienbee B400 with the standard 7" reflector aimed at awhite sheet ob bristolboard, feather stuch into a tripod raised higher than the alienbee B400, and then a alienbee B1600 uo above the feather aimed down a bit with a medium softbox.

it took a couple hours believe it or not to get the setup right... it's tricky getting the reflection in the water drip just the way you want it...

the feather fairly light (a bit tricky to see over teh background) BUT that's the whole point of this challenge... right? =P


How will this do? dunno... but I think it turned out pretty damn good...

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AuthorThread
 03/09/2009 11:01:24 AM
Great job!
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 03/09/2009 07:03:10 AM
Good finish Eric. :)
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 03/09/2009 12:33:03 AM
What a great finish! Awesome score!
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 03/09/2009 12:12:01 AM
Congrats! Excellent finish!
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 03/09/2009 12:09:49 AM
Great finish Eric. Top 20 :D
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/08/2009 03:28:53 PM
Great capture and great idea to convey your light as a feather title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2009 10:29:53 PM
Very clear, good detail. Composition doesn't seem perfect, maybe if the feather were more on an angle it would look better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2009 03:07:21 PM
Excellent. You met the challenge perfectly and it is also a nice image. And what's a picture on DPC without a water droplet? :) Not too thought provoking though and little value other than eye candy. 7
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 03/06/2009 11:22:16 PM
Nicest version of this.
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 03/02/2009 12:27:34 AM
good luck. it looks great! no vote.
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