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09/06/2004 05:32:49 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club :)
Hi Krazy...
This is a neat technique photo, but I believe it is a bit of a stretch on the challenge theme. The image itself doesn't seem to relay much on the theme without the title. The idea here and the effect of light created by your technique is excellent though :)
John Setzler
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09/03/2004 04:16:53 PM |
Here you go. He wears the headlamp around his neck with his collar, and it shines down beneath his chin.
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09/03/2004 12:03:13 PM |
| oohhh how funny! a dog with a head lamp - next time take a pic of that too!!!! great pic - very interesting. |
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09/01/2004 12:27:58 AM |
Wow! I wasn't expecting this photo to do so well.
To answer a few questions right off, the location is an abandoned silica mine somewhere in the midwest area of the US (sorry, I need to be vague to protect it from vandals). The mine has about twenty miles of passages that we have been mapping. A usual trip involves about a half dozen people with headlamps, plenty of flashlights, snacks, and water. On this particular trip, our map was fairly complete and we were much more relaxed and able to spend a lot of time at our base camp deep in the mine. The faint foreground lighting (orange) is from a few candles that were lit around base camp behind the camera. They provided enough light for the people in camp to see what they were doing (and not have to use other lights) and just barely enough light for me to have half a prayer of where I was walking out in the view of the camera.
I locked the shutter open with a cable release and walked out into the dark junction room with an off-camera flash. I fired about six flashes from various points around the room, trying to mentally choreograph how the shadows and lighing would look when I was done. Overall, the shutter was open for 49 seconds. The white squiggly line at the bottom of the frame was the dog (more specifically, his headlamp). Mr. Brown was having a blast running around in the dark mine with his own light surce, and me managed to get into several of my shots that weekend. I thought about cropping off the bottom of the frame, but decided not to for the sake of adding a bit more mystery to the photo. |
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08/31/2004 09:28:04 PM |
| Timed exposure. Nice effect. What is that little white line in the foreground? |
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08/31/2004 04:31:11 PM |
| Is that big white dog hair the flashlight as you went to your first spot? You know, I kindof like it. It would be neat if we could see the trail the whole way. Of course, without would still be better... I'm very impressed with the even illumination you got on the cave walls and roof. |
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08/30/2004 09:48:35 PM |
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08/30/2004 01:41:54 PM |
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08/30/2004 09:07:02 AM |
| looks like you used a long exposure and a constantly on light source near the cam, might have been better with the movable light alone; I hate seeing so many footprints undeground |
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08/29/2004 03:06:32 PM |
| Very neat multiple exposure, really gives it a neat atmosphere. |
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08/29/2004 12:21:58 AM |
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08/28/2004 08:50:16 PM |
| Great use of long exposure! Great location, Funny idea. |
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08/27/2004 09:47:48 PM |
| Very interesting. The "half shapes" add quite an element of mystery. Lighting is very unique. Only thing that bothers is the white line at the bottom.. Well done. |
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08/27/2004 08:44:09 PM |
| Cool use of the exposure. Great shot you created! |
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08/27/2004 03:52:11 PM |
| This would really suck. they should hand out twine, or spray paint to follow.. Great comical idea. |
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08/27/2004 02:38:39 AM |
| this shot is just super interesting, doesn't necessarily convey hope to me, but a great photo nonetheless. |
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08/27/2004 02:24:57 AM |
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08/26/2004 10:57:32 AM |
| How did you do this photo? Curious!! A "B" type setting??? |
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08/25/2004 09:07:12 PM |
| great idea, the light sqiggle at the bottom detracts a bit though - too bad it is not advanced editing - 7 |
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08/25/2004 02:32:01 AM |
| cool capture. the white thread/wire/something on the foreground takes away from the image a bit. but i like the idea and the execusion. it is very original. |
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08/25/2004 02:31:22 AM |
| one of the only 2 or 4 tens! good job. |
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08/25/2004 01:40:51 AM |
| GREAT SHOT!!! One of the best of all time! Let me guess 30 second exposure; f11, and you walking around with a strobe. Truly a perfect shot. what is the location? |
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08/25/2004 01:04:19 AM |
| A beautiful shot! Conveys a little more "lost" than "hope".. but what is being lost but the hope of being found anyway? Good job. |
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08/25/2004 12:50:45 AM |
| I had to stop and think about how this one was done. Great idea! I've played with long exposures and lighting things up, but never this good. I love the picture ... hope you do well. |
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