P365 Day 59
- At June 24, 2013
- By Neil Creek
- In p365
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Crosslit Leif – P365 Mar02
- At March 12, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Features, Flash, People
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I’ve been wanting to experiment with cross-lighting a subject with flash and the sun, ever since I read about it on Strobist. The effect can be very cool, but I knew I’d need some practice.
Leif was over again this weekend, and we were practicing photography together again, so he (only slightly reluctantly) agreed to pose for me again so that I could try it out. These were shot on a handy baseball pitch, which could be a useful location in the future.
I was using two bare flashes, a Canon 580EX and a Vivitar 285HV. Most of the time they were both set to full power, to match the sun, and were on stands 2-4 meters away from Leif.
Canon camara right, 45deg from camera. Vivitar, camera left 90deg from camera. Beware the GROIN BEAM!
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Same setup as previous but with Leif blocking the sun, and the Vivitar moved back a bit.
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As above
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Sun camera right at about 100deg. Canon camera left at about 80deg. Vivitar directly below camera set to 1/4 for fill.
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As above but the Vivitar directly behind Leif at 1/1 power to provide a rim light.
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3D bracelet and space ship – P365 Feb24
- At March 03, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In 3D, Jewelery
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I had a play around with some 3D photography for the first time in quite a while. This time I also experimented with macro 3D photography. It takes all the challenge of 3D photography, adds it to the even harder challenge of macro photography, for a super difficult challenge! But I think the results are pretty darn cool :)
The first photo is a regular 3D photo of one of Naomi’s beautiful wirework glass bead bracelets. I thought this would make an interesting 3D subject due to the detailed structure of all the beads, plus the interesting reflections and refractions from the glass. The second photo is a macro close up of the same bracelet.
Finally the third photo is a bit of fun with one of my Star Wars Micro Machine toys, shot with macro extension.
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Darren under the bridge – P365 Feb23
- At March 01, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Experimental, Night, People
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We paid a visit to Darren and Colin this evening to see their new house, after they have renovated it. It looks fantastic! I took a few photos around the place, a couple of which can be seen here. After dinner, Darren and I went outside to take some photos.
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If you have seen Darren’s entry in the View From Below project, you’ll understand that I was keen for him to show me the location where he took his shot. Despite some flash problems I had, I enjoyed shooting in this wonderfully textured, dark, grungy location.
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The Pinnacles print available
- At February 25, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In For Sale
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This week’s print available for sale on the Fine Art PhotoBlog is one of my favourite landscapes. This is a 360 degree panorama of the Pinnacles that I took way back in 2005 when I was first learning how to do panoramic photography. However, the version that I am offering for sale is a “remastered” version of the panorama I first stitched three years ago.
In the time since then, I have learned a lot about processing and stitching panoramas. This new version has eliminated the alignment problems it once had, and I’ve done a much better job cleaning up the image to remove a couple of cars, the shadow of the tripod and my footprints leading up to the location.
You can read a lot of information about the photo on its page on the Fine Art PhotoBlog, such as the origin of the structures, and what it was like to shoot in this remarkable location. There is also a link to a very special way to view the panorama. Because this is a full spherical photo, it can be viewed as an interactive panorama, giving you the illusion that you are actually standing in the centre of it and letting you look around in all directions. It really is a must see effect!
Finally, there’s something extra special I’m able to offer with signed prints of this photo. Due to the fact that it is seamless around the edges, I am able to recompose the whole panorama by sliding it left or right to the customers’ taste. I can only do this on the collectable signed print version of this photo, as ImageKind will only let me sell single versions of images. And of course, being a high resolution panorama, it can be printed to very large sizes negligible loss of quality.
So head over to the Fine Art PhotoBlog and have a look at this new panoramic photo.
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