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Pookie said:Drake at Panther beach, Santa Cruz, California.
5D3 + 85 f/1.2 with Elinchrom Quadra into a 1 meter Rotalux Octa.
Great shot. I love the colors, balance, expression and tone of the light for both the background and your subject.
Only one suggestion on a shot like this: if possible, light him from the other side so the direction of light from the strobe matches the setting sun (this would also mean switching the board to his other arm so as not to leave it in shadow -- those colors are brilliant). You did such a great job getting just the right quality and intensity of light to compliment the ambient -- it's just that the shadows are falling on the sun side! Had you lit from the left, then only the catch lights would have given away the use of additional lighting.
Still, very nicely done.
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clartephoto said:Emma Watson lookalike with Building features that look like Angel Wings:
Great photo!
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Famateur said:Pookie said:Drake at Panther beach, Santa Cruz, California.
5D3 + 85 f/1.2 with Elinchrom Quadra into a 1 meter Rotalux Octa.
"Great shot. I love the colors, balance, expression and tone of the light for both the background and your subject." +1 " the shadows are falling on the sun side! " pourquoi pas? Sand and figure of a man do not have a strong light and shadows from the Sun. Okta normally drawn to the background light IMHO. Psychologically interesting humoristic pathos in facial expression. The task is solved portrait. I liked it.
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Famateur said:Pookie said:Drake at Panther beach, Santa Cruz, California.
5D3 + 85 f/1.2 with Elinchrom Quadra into a 1 meter Rotalux Octa.
Great shot. I love the colors, balance, expression and tone of the light for both the background and your subject.
Only one suggestion on a shot like this: if possible, light him from the other side so the direction of light from the strobe matches the setting sun (this would also mean switching the board to his other arm so as not to leave it in shadow -- those colors are brilliant). You did such a great job getting just the right quality and intensity of light to compliment the ambient -- it's just that the shadows are falling on the sun side! Had you lit from the left, then only the catch lights would have given away the use of additional lighting.
Still, very nicely done.
Thanks, I agree. I actually shot this both ways but from the left he was too dark on the right and since we only had one light... I stuck with this composition. We scaled a 120 foot cliff with one very expensive strobe and about 15k in camera lighting. Locations shooting ain't that easy... there's always next time.
Here is the model we went down to shoot for the session... Drake just showed up and was a good opportunity I could'nt pass up.
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OKO-SAN said:
It's subtle enough that it doesn't spoil the image, but if you look at his face, the sea/sun side falls into shadow (look at the nose shadow and the darker right cheek to camera left). There's also a shadow from his body against the surf board. Finally, the surf board is lit when it would naturally be in shadow opposite the setting sun.
Again, it's subtle enough that the image is still excellent. Having the added light follow the same or similar path as the natural light would have put a little polish on an already fantastic image. Still a praiseworthy photograph, especially the balance between added and ambient light levels...
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Pookie said:
Ah...makes sense, especially with a single light. Sounds to me like you made the right call, especially for an unexpected opportunity. There are always compromises, and given the additional info, I'd say you nailed it. Even more impressed now than before...
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Famateur said:
The other thing to note... this is just after sundown... so no real light on any side of him and I wanted some of the views of the remaining light from the setting sun. Sun was actually behind him not to the left unfort. I did it from both the left and right but once home liked this version much better. My regret was not bringing in a second strobe to totally control the scene but would have required a third assistant. Here is one with his second board. This guy was over 50 and scaled the cliff like a billy goat! Once we got a few shots with the short board he wanted a couple with the gun.
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Pookie said:
My regret was not bringing in a second strobe to totally control the scene but would have required a third assistant.
Hindsight is often 20-20. Gotta do the best you can with what you have and expect. The image above is excellent as well. I see what you mean about wanting to have the remaining sunset behind him on that one...
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Don't have a lot of experience with portraiture, but it's something I trying to learn. I'd welcome any thoughts and comments.
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LaffingStock said:
Very nice!
It is the kind of situation where off camera lighting really would have lifted the image, just a cheap white umbrella and a speedlite over to your left and higher then drop the ambient exposure a touch, half a stop or so and you would have a really really nice picture.
Nice framing, nice pose and wardrobe too. keep it up!
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LaffingStock said:
Beautifully chosen colours. Absolutely tasteful. The background is a bit restless to my taste but if you wanted to underline the serenity of your model. I can see your point. Probably the advice of privatebydesign would have calmed it down. "Trying to learn"...well on the way if you ask me.
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The girl next door. Light from a window, EF 50mm f/1.4 at 4.0 on my 5DIII.
Athentec Perfectly Clear. Sorry, I do not know how to scale images from FB to fit the screen.
Athentec Perfectly Clear. Sorry, I do not know how to scale images from FB to fit the screen.
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