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Hey guys!

Here's some shots of my mates as they happily decide to model for me, I've been dying to use this location for this project that I organised. Let me know what you think







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Glad to see these appear up here!

Great images but...
#1 My pick. Excellent use of rotation of image. Maybe boost the reflection's luminosity just a little.
#2 Excellent image. Just a shame about the flare at the top of the reflection.
#3 It is a real shame it has a powercord & board trailing through the background. A little cloning would not go astray here.
#4 I simply don't buy the "reflection". Not only is it not of the image to the right, it is also a different scale. The bricks don't match. This kills the entire image for me. Just too jarring.

Cool use of the location to match the theme of the shoot. I tend to agree with Mr Darcy's comments. #1 is IMO the best of the bunch, #3 needs some cloning and cleaning up
#2 I'd like to see a bit more light on the face with a grided spot or a bit of PP ?

#4 is a little jarring can't tell what the deal with this one is, the lighting doesn't match the scene / as Greg said the bricks are different sizes etc.

can't see these pics from work! could see this from home though. Hmm... Will comment from home.

OK I've now looked at these on the big screen.
#4 makes sense now.
It is a single shot. The dancer is in front of a wall (almost) normal to the plane of the photo. Most of the light is bouncing from that wall The wall to the left is much closer than the wall to the right. That's why the bricks look bigger. On the small screen (13"), I read the bright wall as a line of reflection as in #1, #2. That's why I got confused.

I still don't think it works though. Visually confusing even on the 24"
The others look even better though. I love the limning in #3. You still need to lose the power cord though.

Love it. Cool shots. i really dig the first one and last one and the way you rotated the image to give it a dif. perspective.

Love the #1! Nice use of plexiglass (Is it?) I really like the lighting scheme with the strong hair light etc.

What were you using for triggers and lights? You have frozen the action well.

Hey guys,

Many thanks for the response

aim54x wrote:Glad to see these appear up here!

cheers Cam

Mr Darcy wrote:Great images but...
#1 My pick. Excellent use of rotation of image. Maybe boost the reflection's luminosity just a little.
#2 Excellent image. Just a shame about the flare at the top of the reflection.
#3 It is a real shame it has a powercord & board trailing through the background. A little cloning would not go astray here.
#4 I simply don't buy the "reflection". Not only is it not of the image to the right, it is also a different scale. The bricks don't match. This kills the entire image for me. Just too jarring.

Mr Darcy wrote:OK I've now looked at these on the big screen.
#4 makes sense now.
It is a single shot. The dancer is in front of a wall (almost) normal to the plane of the photo. Most of the light is bouncing from that wall The wall to the left is much closer than the wall to the right. That's why the bricks look bigger. On the small screen (13"), I read the bright wall as a line of reflection as in #1, #2. That's why I got confused.

I still don't think it works though. Visually confusing even on the 24"
The others look even better though. I love the limning in #3. You still need to lose the power cord though.

Hello Mr Darcy!
Thank you for your response as I was quite baffled by the textures. I attempted to shoot straight out of camera with only color and curves correction and this was what i got, I was questioning the forward leftside bricks myself, the reflecting light off the wall was actually caused by the speedlite facing the back of my subject, this was a one strobe shot, (as most of them were, 1 or 2 used 2 extra modelling lamps thats about it).

surenj wrote:Love the #1! Nice use of plexiglass (Is it?) I really like the lighting scheme with the strong hair light etc.

What were you using for triggers and lights? You have frozen the action well.

Was using Phottix Tetra and one 580EX II. No plexiglass, it was raining outside so the water leaked through. I just positioned myself on the ground and my subject on an elevated surface with the water infront of him. Strobe from behind, as you can see from #2 his hand was blocking the strobe.

devilla101 wrote:Love it. Cool shots. i really dig the first one and last one and the way you rotated the image to give it a dif. perspective.

Thanks dude idea courtesy of Mr. Wendell Teodoro (www.zeduce.org) great site to look at for inspiration for this kinda stuff.

Just looked at these on my home monitor.

I really love how the rain has been caught in #2. Very creative and also very lucky to have friends who were keen to participate like this!

What in the world were you doing with a powerboard + 580EX2? How were you using those yellow lights?



By the way, I have been trying to contact you through PM, email + good old fashioned messenger (Cameron). Would you let me know about that lens? PM or email me. I have PMed you my mobile as well. Thankx.