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For this shot i wanted to utilize the beam of light that was eking out of the the bow steam box. My intent was to have the effect highlighting multiple versions of my wife's eyes. I had the white balance set to auto and the iso at 200. My shutter speed was at 3 and my aperture was at F22. I also utilized a tripod to reduce camera shake. I personal feel that the image is to bright overall, I wanted just the beam and faces for the final image. I definitively have to work on lighting placement. Also having such an extremely slow shutter speed I gave my wife to early of cues to move ( and to fast would have been better if she move slower as to get more versions of her self) their by limiting the amount of ghosting I captured. I do like the texture of the wood box behind the aluminum flashing, and its crispness. The singular shaft of light pierces the multiple faces well, I think however maybe the background paint is trowing me off. To do again I would have placed the subject against a black or more textured background (possible brick, or cinder block would have created nicer textures against the faces) to help break it up a bit. Also post production work with level adjustments as well as cropping the image thinner to focus more so upon the light and the blurred faces it is creating would help to strengthen the image as a whole.
A very interesting shot. I can't even discern how you took the photo, but I can clearly see the face in the image. With ghosting, it helps to have a shutter speed around 5 to 10 seconds as it allows for enough time for you to take longer pauses for the ghosting effect to expose. I tried it with the shutter speed project and found it to be very fun.
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ReplyDeleteI like that you're pushing yourself in this direction. Abstract and ghostly. I agree that more dramatic lighting would enhance what you already have but this is fantastic. Remember to address how this relates to a self-portrait in your post, but keep doing what you're doing!
Man, got to say this photo says signature. I mean wow this almost spooky, yet the lighting gives it a warmer calm feeling. Undoubtably your model helps make this photo with a very mysterious sort of gaze at an unseen object.
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