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Brittany
Brittany
yakatme


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Challenge: Fill Flash II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Next to the sliding glass doors in my living room.
Date: Oct 10, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 20
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 10, 2010

This my first foray into the world of Strobist lighting. I used an SB-800 mounted on a shoot through umbrella just above, to the right of and above Brittany. My main light was the curtained glass doors behind her and the umbrella/flash assembly was used to softly fill in the details in her face while maintaining the texture in her folds of skin.

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Place: 19 out of 64
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10/22/2010 04:14:11 AM
Hi Robert, welcome to the critique zone!

My initial take on this shot is that it has a really warm, rich feel - like a proper chesterfield sofa. The soft reds and browns work really well with the rumpled fur to give an impression of comfort and tactile pleasures.

Technically: Your focus, and control of the DOF is unsurprisingly superb - the OOF cushion on the right hand side works nicely to isolate Brittany's expression. The only area where I would take some issue is lighting, partly because I would have liked just a little more detail in the left eye, and partly because I am not convinced that this is 'fill flash' rather than just 'flash'. That seems pretty contentious at the moment!

Artistically: This is completely subjective, but I find the fairly central position of the face a little odd. I can't see what the space to the right is adding - a little is good for the isolation effect, but there is a lot there. That's all though, as I said before the 'feel' of the photo, the colours and textures, are just great.

All in all, a really classic study of Brittany - I'm sure she would be pleased!

Happy hunting.

Frank.
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10/18/2010 12:11:04 AM
Hey, good work Yak! Been missing your entries...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/16/2010 01:29:50 AM
very nice I really like this 9
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10/15/2010 09:35:07 PM
I feel like this some days. I like that you capture his eye detail which is hard to do on animals. Great image
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10/14/2010 11:46:15 PM
I like English Bulldogs pretty good too.
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10/11/2010 12:20:31 PM
Great mood shot. I mean the image mood. Not the pooch mood...
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