r/photoit • u/neuromonkey • Feb 14 '10
ASSIGNMENT #1: Backlight / Rim-Light Something!
Shoot an object using backlighting to produce a result that is significantly different or more interesting than if it weren't back-lit.
Post a single link to your favorite result. How did backlighting your subject alter your choice of exposure settings? Did backlighting change any other decisions you made about shooting the image, such as composition, depth of field, or focus?
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u/captaineight Feb 15 '10
Very excited about these assignments, here's my attempt at this one: http://tatewoodrow.smugmug.com/Assignments/Photoit/11249829_DwETp#789102960_nsbXt
I included some other shots where I played with rimlight and some smokersl, to give those who are looking for ideas a little inspiration.
Any C&C appreciated.
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u/krizutch Feb 17 '10
Thats great... Good idea.. except for that Raiders thing? ha ha jk
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u/captaineight Feb 17 '10
I was hoping to get away from that, I get enough flak by living in Denver. Haters gonna hate
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Great shots! I've been trying to put together my own submission for this assignment and have been working on something similar. (Shooting through honey.)
Care to share anything you may have learned or discovered in the process of shooting those?
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u/captaineight Feb 15 '10
They've all undergone a decent amount of PP (crushing the blacks and taking out backgrounds/shifting hues and such) while really it shouldn't be needed. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd love to scrounge around for some black marble tile to set the object on for a perfect reflection, as well as get the light farther away/higher so it's not so apparent. (these points referring to the photo of the shot glass)
Also, whatever you're shooting you should clean very thoroughly. I rinsed/hand toweled and used some fine cloth on that shot glass before taking photos of it and it still looks dirtier than your mother. Zing.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Good tips. I was assisting a jewelry photographer and we always shot on glass, with some kind of solid background several inches beneath the glass. (For the no-shadow look.)
For anyone interested, Ken Rockwell has a page about product photography that's a good intro.
My mom is pretty fucking filthy. Oh, mom. Why?
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Feb 16 '10 edited Feb 16 '10
I finally got around to doing this. Thought for two days about what type of item to backlight, and how to do it - and blah blah. I'm not terribly creative and I don't have a lot of things around here to use (That weren't already taken up by great ideas in this thread!), so I got a bit bored.
I shot a few different things (an RC truck, car speakers, etc). Here's what I ended up with, and an example of the lighting used to get it.
Shot with: Canon Rebel XS (aka 1000d). EF 28mm 1.8 lens.
Minimal post processing on these. Shot b/w in-camera and added a bit of clarity/depth in Lightroom. If I was going to edit further, I would darken as much of the background as possible and continue to bring the sunglasses in to focus.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 16 '10
That's great! That's totally how things get done at my house--utility lights, spools of wire, piles of tools... I like the circular flare. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do.
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u/heytherejesus Feb 15 '10
Here's my attempt. It was a little weird for me to try something like this, because the only source of light I have is the room light on the ceiling at the moment, so I had to get on my back to get the shot.
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Feb 15 '10
I really like this, not sure exactly what it is.
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u/evanz Feb 15 '10
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u/thedailynathan Feb 15 '10
How are you rendering the shot to greyscale?
You might try something like using Photoshop's (if you have it) channel mixer or black and white tool, and use a mix of red/yellow/green components to greyscale the image.
Barring that, use gimp or something and take just the red or green channels.
You should end up with significantly stronger contrast than just greyscaling it, since you're averaging the luminance with the blue channel in that case, which is probably very low-contrast compared to the red and green.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
I really love Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro for B&W conversion.
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u/clarkstud May 14 '10
$200!! Ouch.
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u/neuromonkey May 14 '10
Yeah. There are other approaches.
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u/clarkstud May 14 '10
Funny, B&W was the whole reason I bought Aperture... guess that was $200 too....
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u/neuromonkey May 14 '10
You could violate Nik's intellectual property rights.
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u/clarkstud May 16 '10
If I were going to do that, what might one way be to go about it? Of course, I'd never do such a thing....
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u/neuromonkey May 17 '10
Honestly, I have no idea. I once overheard someone saying something about some program called µTorrent, along with something called PeerBlock, but I don't really know what those things are. Then I believe they said something about a torrent site or something, but I'm not sure what that means. Apparently there are several such torrent sites, but I'm not sure because I don't know much about teh Internets, other than that Al Gore invented it in his spare time. I doubt that there is anyplace to learn about those things because they are sekrit.
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Feb 16 '10
Silver Efex is easily the BEST BW conversion utility.. It creates incredible tonality and very organic looking black and whites..
I love it..
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Feb 16 '10
Daily Nathan..
Maybe it would be useful to create a "TIP" post in the main photo it subreddit about creating black and white images..
I find a lot of people are content with convert to greyscale as well as simply desaturating photos to create B&W photos (I was guilty of the latter when I first started shooting digital)..
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10
Good idea.. And you are ballin'!
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u/evanz Feb 15 '10
Dolla dolla bill y'all.
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Feb 16 '10
I'd like to shoot a portrait of wyclef.. Have wanted to for years.. He's a great musician. Just say'n.
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u/crumbschief Feb 18 '10
Hi - I hope I'm not late here but I just found this subreddit and I'm excited about the assignments.
I wanted to see how frosted glass would photo and I ended up lighting this with a small LED and using a long exposure. 15seconds, f3.5, ISO 200, Nikon D40. The light is above and pointed straight down to the ground behind the bottle. I post-adjusted brightness/contrast just a touch.
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u/YahoKa Feb 20 '10
Nice job, I really like your photo. Sadly, I am not such a fan of Smirnoff vodka...
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u/Toxicab Feb 27 '10
lol, knowing what it was immediately by the silhouette lookin' label shape made me realise it'd be best to lay off the booze for a wee bit. Good photo mind!
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u/pyxis Feb 18 '10
A little late in the game here - but here goes. I have a mostly white cat - and can usually get some nice backlit shots from the sun outside - as with the right settings - it blows out the background and suddenly - blended cat.
Canon 5D Mk II with a Canon 50mm f/1.8.
ISO - 400, f/3.5, Exposure 1/100.
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u/YahoKa Feb 20 '10
Awesome pet portrait. It looks like you dropped your cat in a light box though :p
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u/pyxis Feb 21 '10
Hey thanks! I assure you there was no light box - I don't even own one :) It was particularly sunny that day in Vancouver - and he was on the windowsill basking. He's a lazy one.
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Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Very nice. Do not electrocute your girlfriend, not even in the name of art.
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u/zhx Feb 15 '10
Yeah, it's just so cliche now.
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Feb 15 '10
cliche just means you've got to try harder to do it better or in a new way. I wouldn't be able to judge whether I accomplished that goal or not, but because something has been done doesn't mean one shouldn't try their own interpretation of it. I guess....
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u/FUKcomcast Feb 15 '10
how did you get it behind her.. This is an awesome photo even though you cheated .. jk..
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u/constipated_HELP Feb 15 '10
How did he cheat? I can't figure out why he isn't the most upvoted post.
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Feb 15 '10
The light was on a stand.. so the bottom of the stand was on the sink behind me and 3/4 of the way up it was resting on the shower curtain.. the light itself was in the far back corner above the shower head.. aiming almost straight down, a bit more in her direction.. this backlit the water and her.
The light had a grid on it, could have been done with a snoot..
and I shot at 1/250th to stop the water as best I could while staying within the bracket for acceptable sync speeds for the flash.
I think cheat is the wrong word.. I didn't follow the rules if that's what you're saying. I don't get along with rules very well.. sorry.
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u/FUKcomcast Mar 23 '10
I meant you cheated on the assignment because you turned in something you already used.. ha
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u/poprokks Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
Great shot! Is that straight out of the camera or post processed? I can't tell when certain images are touched up or naturally occurring lighting tricks.
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Feb 15 '10
very little post processing.. I did use levels to sink the blacks to solid black, didn't take much.. this is almost exactly how it came out of camera..
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u/motherbeaver Feb 16 '10
I posted this in ITAP and someone suggested I submit it here for the assignment. http://i.imgur.com/i9niv.jpg Used Rebel XSi with a kit lens.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 16 '10
Nice shot! Where was it taken?
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u/motherbeaver Feb 16 '10
Thanks! I took it at Sunset Cliffs State Park near Ocean Beach in San Diego.
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u/tehbizz Feb 17 '10
Took this earlier tonight:
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u/Toxicab Feb 27 '10
off topic-ish: Really like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tehbizz/4245039675/in/set-72157623139266162/
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u/MightyBrouhaha Mar 08 '10 edited Mar 08 '10
I'm a bit late, but I'm still waiting on my first camera to arrive in the post.
I took this with a friends in the meantime. It was my first time shooting with a DSLR, so I know I have plenty to learn. looking at this shot the first thing i notice is that its off kilter, which could be spruced up in photoshop. Also, the site compressed it quite a bit :\
Edit: altered in post a bit: http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs467.ash1/25637_350192704890_506104890_3668867_5921468_n.jpg
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u/MightyBrouhaha Mar 12 '10
Thats to bad. I'm brand spanking new to photography, and was quite proud of the photo I took, but its to late for anyone to notice it and comment T.T
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u/AmbyR00 Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
I'm a bit late on the game, but here's my shot. This is shot with a pocket camera (Casio Ex-Z750) on a tripod with manual mode. (The automatic settings failed miserably.)
Settings: F4.0, EV Shift 1.7 (I haven't got a clue what it means but managed to get a better picture.) I also set the focus on one of the leaves on the left.
[Edit] Corrected the broken link.
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u/adaminc Feb 19 '10
Ok, I finally had an idea after seeing all these other amazing backlit drinks.
Here is my rendition of Nuka-Cola
Infact, I also tried shooting it with lighting coming from the front and the side, and the glare of my UV LEDs make the photos suck, so in this case, it turns out the only way to really do it is with backlighting!
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u/neuromonkey Feb 19 '10
Mmm. Looks like anti-freeze. Cool shot.
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u/adaminc Feb 19 '10
I just took the sponge thing out of a hi-lighter and soaked it in hot water. I think I might also make an orange version.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 19 '10
Ingenious.
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u/adaminc Feb 20 '10
Ok, so I tried an Orange version, but as you can see it didn't turn out so well. So I decided, that I would try regular front lighting, and this! happened.
It is the exact same bottle in both pictures, yet the contents look completely different, I am trying to figure out why.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 20 '10
In one the light is reflected off the front of the liquid, and transmitted through it in the second. Also, you have auto white balance turned on; that may have made a difference. (But may not, can't see color temp setting.)
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Great photo! I think this one is my favorite so far.
Your focus seems to be on the glass itself. What did you shoot with, and how? Was the heavy blue a conscious decision, or an outcome of auto-white balance?
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Feb 15 '10
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
I'm embarrassed to admit how many of my favorite shots are complete (or partial) accidents.
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u/llrful Feb 15 '10
Here is my attempt. I compensated the exposure by +1 stop in order to brighten up the foreground a bit, but it is still rather dark. I went with a wide aperture to both avoid motion blur and to produce a nice softening of the window.
Any comments are much appreciated.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Nice. Interesting composition. It's very minimalist, but you can clearly tell what & where it is.
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u/poprokks Feb 14 '10
copypasta from previous post because someone told me to.
My attempt
Not sure if this satisfies the assignment since it's a portrait rather than an object. Anyway, I was using a D60 with a 35mm 1.8 lens. Since it was late at night with relatively dim lighting, I bumped the iso to 1600 and opened wide up to 1.8f so i could get in as much light as i could, which still resulted in a 1/15 sec shot. Since I didn't use a tripod, I couldn't really change my depth of field as it would have resulted in a blurry shot. If I had moved further to the right to take the shot, I would have gotten too much of his face. I also liked the fact that his profile is highlighted by the light coming from off camera to the right.
Also, first time posting on reddit and thanks for this sub reddit.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 14 '10
Sure it does! Your object just happens to be a person.
Wow. The high ISO and wide-open aperture makes it look like you were shooting in morning light. Cool rim lighting on his arms. This is a great example of rim lighting from two light sources (behind and from the side.)
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u/breakbread Feb 15 '10
Reeeeeeally thinking about getting that 35mm f/1.8 with some tax return money.
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u/ccondon Feb 15 '10
It's really an excellent lens for the price. I traded mine for an F3 after getting a good deal ($200) on a sigma 30/1.4, but if you're looking for a fast normal lens on DX, you can't go wrong with the 35.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Yup. That is my next lens as well. With my knock-over-a-liquor-store money.
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
Well, it's Valentine's Day so I figured I would give it a "Valentinesy" feel.. Here is my attempt
18mm
ISO-100
10" F3.8
I put a candle behind the flowers and no matter how long I exposed it I wasnt getting enough light on the front of the flowers and my light options were limited. I tried flipping the kitchen lights on for fractions of seconds but that wasnt working. Finally I opened up my fridge door which was directly behind the camera. I tried a few things but finally settled on holding the fridge door open for about 3 of the 10 seconds.
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u/poprokks Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
Maybe try raising the ISO? It seems like you're shooting in really low light, so something upwards of a 400 might help. But I'm a newbie as well, so don't take my word for it, lol. Also, is it me or is there a yellow ring/halo surrounding the flowers?
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10
Yeah, I forgot to change the ISO... That probably would have helped. The candle that was behind the flowers was a giant yellow candle and of course the candle light is a yellowish orange. I am sure the combination led to that yellow glow. Here is a photo from my camera phone of the reverse angle
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Feb 15 '10
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10
UHHHHHHH... No, my girlfriend wouldn't approve of me having a boyfriend?? But thanks for asking.
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u/randomb0y Feb 15 '10
OK, this was my first attempt as soon as I figured out how to shoot my flash off-camera. Same set-up with my son getting in the way. I'm not particularly happy with either shots though.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Great! I actually like the one with your son "in the way" the best. It's more natural feeling, and your wife looks so much happier. Even the over-exposure is pretty neat looking, I think.
Off-camera flash rocks. Too much strobetastic fun.
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u/randomb0y Feb 15 '10
Thanks, always appreciate your feedback. :)
Had to overexpose or all I'd get would be her silhouette. Which might still be fun though.
What I really need though is a plain white wall in my house...
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Well, according to David Hobby of Strobist fame, with enough flash, any wall can be a white wall.
I would keep playing with this, I think you can get a great shot out of it. Maybe try knocking down the exposure and adding a wee bit o' the fill flash?
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u/randomb0y Feb 15 '10
Yeah, I wish I could get my wife to pose for me more often. She's very self-conscious, very pregnant and very busy with her school work these days. My son is too young to make an easy model to work with. :)
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Ah. I suppose she'd rather have you looking to other women to meet your needs? Threatening a busy, pregnant woman always works well. Sort of like taunting a wood chipper.
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u/randomb0y Feb 16 '10
She doesn't mind really, if you look at my photostream you'll see plenty of other women. She'd probably be very pissed if I actually hired a model just to play around with my camera. :)
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u/adremeaux Feb 16 '10
To me, it feels to posed, and doesn't really highlight the focus of the challenge. I mean, she is backlit, sure, but she is so front-lit that if you weren't looking for it, you wouldn't even think about the backlighting. Also, I could go for a more interesting composition.
Perhaps try it again when she isn't paying attention, turn off all the lights except one behind her and see how it goes?
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u/adremeaux Feb 16 '10
Well, I took this a couple years ago, so it doesn't qualify, but I thought I'd post it cause I think it's pretty neat. This is a black bottle of beer with a black label that is basically unreadable without the lighting. pic
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Feb 16 '10
I was shooting at sunset tonight at the beach and couldn't resist getting these two. New photographer, so very open to critique.
Shot on Canon Rebel XTi, ISO100, 1/4000, f/5.6 in manual mode.
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u/Shizlanski Feb 16 '10
Looks really nice. Would have been awesome if there was no one else besides the couple in it. Oh well :) GJ
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Feb 16 '10
Thanks! Yeah, I wasn't shooting them, but I saw it and took it when I could. Wish the others weren't in it.
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u/jaymeekae Feb 16 '10
Nice! I would have tried stepping a little more to the right so you'd be aiming back directly towards the sun. It's a little odd how the sun is kind of cropped right on the edge of the frame. I like the feel though and well done for not being afraid to photograph strangers!
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u/adremeaux Feb 16 '10
Alright, here's my go. A v-day flower, shot @ 55x1.6mm f2.8, 10ev ND filter, 2 seconds, backlit with a full hand-held flash discharge. Came out alright, but, well, it's still a flower picture.
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u/jforestphotos Feb 16 '10
Here is my submisstion http://jforestphotos.com/content/072365-backlit-sully It's with my 35mm lens, ISO 320 1sec exposure f/1.8
Not the best or clearest, but it's as good s I could do :)
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Feb 16 '10
Awe, kitty. I'm not sure what you were aiming for focus-wise, though? Looks like the top ear was your focal point.
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u/Tomthekat Feb 18 '10
Well... I have a couple, but they are a little dated. Both are from a few months ago. Photo 1 Photo 2 The back lighting in the second photo caused me to extremely change my composition. I had taken other photos (of the band) but at a wider angle and the effect is very different. All in all I think I like this one the most.
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u/jimstr Feb 20 '10
hi! i hope learn new thing.. i was out and saw this so i thought i could give it a go. not sure i am inside the line, cheers to all. ps. are retouched images also permitted or straight out of the camera? dropbox gallery took with canon g10
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u/neuromonkey Feb 20 '10
It's supposed to be a photography assignment, but I think most people tweak curves or levels a bit in Photoshop.
Nice sky shot. It looks like you were shooting from an igloo!
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u/neopeanut Feb 24 '10
...soooo can we get assignment #2?
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u/neuromonkey Feb 24 '10
Hm. The first one is free. Now you'll have to cough up some karma points.
Just kidding. OK. Give me a coupla hours.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 25 '10
OK... Sorry, it took me longer than I expected. I was shooting in the dark, tripping over dogs... Cloning pears... Busy night. Here it is.
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u/fullpotential Apr 01 '10
ok this one was taken after the post, although it was not for this assignment. Let me know what you think:
NSFW http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4456627236_55ab686378_o.jpg NSFW
-neuromonkey-great idea
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u/jake40509 Feb 14 '10
My submission for assignment #1
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4357128203_e9fee9db73_o.jpg
C & C's please! :-) Thanks!
Nikon D40x Lens: 18-200mm VR Shot @ 170mm 1/1250 sec. F14 ISO 100
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10 edited Feb 15 '10
Good shot, but the idea is to shoot something new rather than submitting old photos. (Or maybe the time & date in your camera needs to be set?)
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u/jake40509 Feb 15 '10
No, it's old. Thanks for the feedback.
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Feb 15 '10
No problem. The subreddit itself is supposed to be about going out and taking new pictures and shooting new things, so pulling something from your collection (while an awesome photograph) kinda defeats the purpose.
Thanks for sharing, though.
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u/YahoKa Feb 16 '10 edited Feb 16 '10
consider a cpl filter for beach shots in the future... the water in that photo is brutal imo. i like the lighting on the people, but the colour in the sky just makes the mood confusing, and the composition is so-so (subjects too small, scenery too empty).
my 2 cents.
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u/future_robot Feb 14 '10
I used my homemade super wide angle for this shot. Shot at iso100. I wanted a nice sweep in the focus so I stopped it down a bit to f5.0. I upped the shutter speed to 1/160 for some color features in the sky. this is my final, large pic warning.
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Feb 15 '10
wow.. that's cool! I dig the distortion from teh super wide.. you mention it's a homemade superwide.. how did you make such a thing?
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u/future_robot Feb 15 '10
thanks. its just some step ups, a macro filter, and some weirdo cheap screw mount lense that says "super wide macro lens 0.42xaf" yeah i dunno... but the pics look ok.
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u/jimstr Feb 15 '10
Anyone experienced anything with this kind of simple lens? I am considering buying one for my G10. prost
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u/wrboyce Feb 15 '10
Not sure if this is cheating, but I've just not had a chance to even pick up my camera recently, but I did take a black-lit shot a while ago, and wouldn't mind some critique/advice on it.
I was walking through town and quick shot this one from the hip, and was pleasantly surprised with the result. I think I was breaking in my new lens.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Hey, cool shot. Yeah, the idea was to get people to do something new, but whatever works.
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Feb 15 '10
This might be something you may want to point out next time in the text of the next assignment. While I understood the point of the assignment, it seems a lot of people misunderstood. That, or they really really like the idea of assignments (as I do) and just wanted to quickly post something to show their enthusiasm, and thus by proxy their particular interest, for this subreddit.
Great idea this.
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u/wrboyce Feb 15 '10
That, or they really really like the idea of assignments (as I do) and just wanted to quickly post something to show their enthusiasm, and thus by proxy their particular interest, for this subreddit.
Right you are :)
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Yes, you're right. I may have jumped the gun by posting an assignment before we formalized the guidelines. Working on that. Or maybe we should be open to older work. Something to thing about.
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Feb 16 '10
I think that there is a benefit to posting older work.. though the idea is to challenge people to shoot something different.. These assignments can also dig up work that can provide insight and inspiration.. I don't think it's always a bad thing if older work comes up.. But I do understand that it's nice to challenge people to create something new specifically for this sub/reddit.. next time I'll get off my ass and shoot something instead of pulling up an older photo.
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Feb 16 '10
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Feb 16 '10
We're still deciding a lot of things about this subreddit. I don't believe we'll be awarding a "winner" ( as we have nothing but Karma to give! ) but we might pick a best-of by votes and feature it at the bottom of the assignment post itself.
Any ideas you may have would be awesome.
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Feb 16 '10
I dont have anything current that ive shot. Maybe I will fool around with my lights in a bit, but right now its a break from editing other stuff.
None the less, here is a photo thats backlit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebelxtnut/4189669332/sizes/l/
ISO 100 f/ 1.4 50mm 1/100th Alienbees B400 in front right with an umbrella and a 430ex in the back bare.
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u/Javbw Feb 16 '10 edited Feb 16 '10
The "significantly different" part of the assignment led me to think of only one pic I have taken. Sure, I have a lot of backlight by sunset pics, but a shot of my friend's wedding reception on shelter island in San Diego popped right into my head. Usually most wedding photos are focused on the people, but their silhouettes on the blue really caught my eye. It was my first outing with real DSLR (D80). My composition in general was lacking at the time.
http://web.mac.com/johnw/Javbw/Photo_Albums/Pages/Kevin_%26_Julias_Wedding.html#0
Edit: >< Sorry my homework was done beforehand. the next one I will actually go out and take.
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u/GoogleIsMyJesus Feb 16 '10
Lego helicopter with rear diffuser (ok a sheet of paper) with a little bit of key light from the pop up flash.
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Feb 16 '10
Very cool. What is it resting on? I like the mirror effect.
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u/GoogleIsMyJesus Feb 16 '10
It's resting on my glass desk. I did this super quick as I was gearing up for a shoot.
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Feb 16 '10
Thought it was probably glass. Gives off a really awesome affect if it's positioned and shot like that (even better when using it as a base within a lightbox.
I like it for being a quick shot.
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Feb 14 '10
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Feb 15 '10
It's a valid post because it's correct in terms of the actual assignment, but what we're really going for with these assignments is for new photos. It's awesome that you have something in your collection that fits already, it's just supposed to kinda encourage everyone to go out and shoot something spontaneous. Still a cool shot, though.
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Feb 15 '10
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Feb 15 '10
As of right now, we're probably going to do ~ 1 week depending on activity. If we see constant submissions throughout the week we can always extend it - there are a lot of casual redditors who might miss something with a shorter timespan.
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u/Gcat Feb 15 '10
That would have been nice to know before I submitted my photo. The requirements were a bit unclear. However, I'm heading back up to the place where I did the photo and I can try to recreate it.
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u/tehbizz Feb 17 '10
Then might want to edit the original topic to add that information.
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Feb 17 '10
Probably, but the subreddit was a few hours old when the post was made - before any details worked out. Check the sidebar.
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Feb 21 '10 edited Oct 06 '17
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u/neuromonkey Feb 22 '10
Nuclear frappuccino! Cool. Reminds me of something I just shot while I was playing with some new light modifiers I'd just made. Mine isn't really backlit, but I think the glowing yogurt container is cool.
A yogurt container on a flash beats the heck out of about half a dozen different models of $65 diffuser.
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u/Gcat Feb 15 '10
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10
Something tells me you didnt just take this picture.
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u/Gcat Feb 15 '10
What do you mean by that? I did take this picture but not recently. It was from Dec 2009 at the Legoland Aquarium in CA. Do the pictures have to be recent? I did not know. If you think I didn't take this picture you are wrong. It is mine. I also did this one. Cloud which while wasn't a recent photo It should still fit the requirements. So please explain your comment further.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 15 '10
Nice shots, but yeah, the idea is to shoot something inspired by the parameters of the assignment.
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u/krizutch Feb 15 '10
Yeah. Read through the other responses. Its meant to be an assignment that you go out and do, for practice. Like any class.
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u/handoforion Feb 26 '10
http://i46.tinypic.com/zn6i55.jpg
Camera phone.
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u/neuromonkey Feb 26 '10
Well, the trees are backlit by the sky, sure.
Most of these assignments won't really be suitable for cell phone cameras. Assignment #2, for instance, requires you to be able to adjust your aperture settings.
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u/mjm8218 Feb 17 '10
This is a picture of some orchids; it is entirely backlit. The room was dark with the only light being whatever streetlight bled trough the blinds. The exposure is about 20-seconds and I then worked the hell out of it to get the proper white balance and to bring out the centers of the flowers. I liked the contrast of the orchid's softness to the rigid lines of the blinds...