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Challenge: Fill Flash II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Home
Date: Oct 9, 2010
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2010

 Self portrait: this is mostly how I look on week days, since I go to work on my bike. It's always fun to meet new people in this outfit, one does get noticed ;-)

Setup:
- 1 softbox from the left as strip
- 1 softbox from the right as strip
- 1 speedlight + blue gel on background
- 1 speedlight + silver umbrella frontally as fill

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 64
Avg (all users): 6.7945
Avg (commenters): 7.7778
Avg (participants): 6.5882
Avg (non-participants): 6.8571
Views since voting: 5747
Views during voting: 474
Votes: 146
Comments: 38
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 10/23/2010 03:50:03 AM
great light and great outfit!
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 10/19/2010 10:35:52 AM
Very nice!! Congrats on your Yellow. Love the outfit :D.
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 10/19/2010 08:47:51 AM
Very nice shot. However ... is this really 'fill flash'? It looks like 100% studio lighting to me? Maybe I just don't understand the term 'fill flash' ... anyway, very nice photograph. Congrats!
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 10/19/2010 06:25:45 AM
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
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 10/18/2010 04:25:00 PM
You've really been tearing it up lately. Good job!
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 10/18/2010 03:00:43 PM
For pities sake someone PLEASE stick some duct tape over his lens to level the playing field .... still bet gyaban would end up shooting a winner with that handicap
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 10/18/2010 11:29:54 AM
Congrats another great image.
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 10/18/2010 10:54:27 AM
Great portrait Christophe. Excellent work. Congrats on the yellow ribbon!
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 10/18/2010 09:52:04 AM
Congrats, very well done and a clever idea.
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 10/18/2010 09:41:34 AM
Excellent lighting, as always with your entries! Great setup as well, Congrats on the Ribbon
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 10/18/2010 09:33:26 AM
Originally posted by snaffles:
Are you sure you've only been into photography for about a year or so, Christophe? Great use of lighting, wonderful outfit, cute model...great take on a classic pose and congrats on the ribbon!


Thanks :-)
All I can say is that DPC is a fantastic place to learn photography. Just look at my very first photos on my flickr account... I was proud of them at the time! ;-)
 10/18/2010 09:23:51 AM
Wow dude, very nice. Really becoming a fan of your work.
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 10/18/2010 07:56:30 AM
You take great self portraits Christophe. Well done on the ribbon
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 10/18/2010 07:36:21 AM
Told you you'd be getting a ribbon ahah.

Arrrghhh! stop being so dam good! ;-)
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 10/18/2010 07:14:25 AM
I thought you wore the armor on your bike :)

Great portrait. Excellent lighting. Well deserved result.
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 10/18/2010 06:23:32 AM
Are you sure you've only been into photography for about a year or so, Christophe? Great use of lighting, wonderful outfit, cute model...great take on a classic pose and congrats on the ribbon!
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 10/18/2010 04:44:02 AM
congrats. thanks for the setup info.
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 10/18/2010 03:05:57 AM
congratulations! nice image!
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 10/18/2010 12:55:31 AM
Great image, bit under rated IMHO.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/17/2010 11:28:38 PM
Another blue for gyaban? Great lighting, my pick for Blue.
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 10/17/2010 11:12:38 PM
You're going to ribbon again, aren't you? Perhaps I will learn how to manipulate light this well eventually.
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 10/17/2010 09:44:11 AM
Hmm...do I go with this helmet or the whole knight thing...
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 10/17/2010 12:32:55 AM
A good image for an advertisement . I like it
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 10/16/2010 01:30:42 AM
great lighting and good model pose
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 10/15/2010 12:46:41 PM
Another nice shot from you.
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 10/14/2010 11:50:21 AM
You seem to be on a roll lately with regards to creativity (and self-portraits). I expect once again for this to be top 5, maybe a ribbon. You have too much time on your hands!
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 10/13/2010 09:02:44 AM
On connais que toi ici, encore une tres belle photo, well done.
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 10/13/2010 07:37:38 AM
haha I think it IS to be... wonderful studio lighting.
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 10/12/2010 06:48:52 PM
Nice mix of clothing! :)
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 10/11/2010 11:10:19 PM
You can ponder that while you ride...
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 10/11/2010 09:05:44 PM
Front page again Christophe!
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 10/11/2010 12:31:06 PM
This is one seriously hot dude!!! Awesome work as usual. The lighting is dramatic and delicious. The highlights on the jacket add interest to the dark right, and the patterned and shiny helmet to the left. Subtle fill is killer. Front page. As usual :-)
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 10/11/2010 09:55:22 AM
I would have saved this one for the FS. This is not an example of fill flash in my Opinion, but a great example of flash
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 10/11/2010 09:00:11 AM
Superb lighting in all respects. Should ribbon. My favorite in this challenge.
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 10/11/2010 08:24:56 AM
I'm not a lover of fill flash personally, but this certainly has a professional edge. Looks like an ad photo in a glossy mens' magazine. Well done.
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 10/11/2010 05:40:03 AM
Meets Challenge 10 Impact 6 Technicals 6 Processing 6 Creativity 7 Total (weighted) 7
I like the concept , a couple of little niggles that hurts the score , the visor could have been cleaner , the chin strap hidden better and a little sharper on the models face , the overall shape and balance in the picture is good.
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 10/11/2010 12:41:01 AM
Alas poor Yorick.....
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 10/11/2010 12:14:27 AM
a winner...good luck in advance 8
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