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03-Nov-2006 © Cat

* Starbursts


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Canon DSLR Challenge14-Nov-2006 18:05
Thanks Sharon! Agre 100%! I too enjoy watching different photogs do diff techniques, lighting, style, angle, playing with ideas and such : ) -Cat
elips12-Nov-2006 22:50
Very striking image, Cat! Thanks for the tutorial on your technique, it is always fascinating to find out how different photographers do things. ~Sharon
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Nov-2006 05:40
Thanks Mikey and Nico, Please show me the results when you try this technique. -Cat
jnconradie09-Nov-2006 18:38
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Sincerely appreciated. When I have some time, I will certainly want to try that out myself. Very well done. Regards ~jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge09-Nov-2006 14:35
Very cool! Thanks for the explanation, Cat. -mikey
Canon DSLR Challenge09-Nov-2006 14:01
Thank you Nico, Mikey, Dorys and CJ for looking and commenting.
Lighting was not as sofesticated as you may think :) Here is what I did:
I shot this indoors on a table top in a dark room on a blue background. I used this gizmo (see Gayle's photo:http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/image/41329623/medium) to hold the dandi ball in one of the clips and then used the lens of the gizmo to concentrate and focus the light on a small upper portion of the ball, positioned the light (halogen table lamp) so the ball is sidelit through the lens and the cone of light is almost tangential to the ball's upper surface, leaving the middle and lower portions of the ball unlit, (the lens helped to do this) So the lit portion was glowing with bright light and the middle and lower portion was pretty dark. Then I took the reading for the bright portion and underexposed it by 2 stops, that gave me only the highlights and everything else fell in darkness. The blue background refected enough blue to give it a blue cast. Used the middle arrow(grey point) in the levels tool in PS to adjust the final effect. Used a Hue/Sat tool to adjust the tint a little bit to get the out of focus area to appear as a blueish glow. White balanced on one of the blown highlights areas. Rotated 45 deg, cropped and USM.
Hope this answers your question :)
-Cat
Canon DSLR Challenge09-Nov-2006 00:08
This is great - lighting, perspective, composition and processing - all 1st rate! CJ
Guest 08-Nov-2006 20:46
Put me on the list of wanting to know the lighting technique on this. It's very cool...and cool. LOL
Canon DSLR Challenge08-Nov-2006 14:59
Very impressive image, Cat!! Ditto, how achieve this lighting effect, please? -mikey
jnconradie08-Nov-2006 06:30
Really really splendid... and an altogether new take on this subject matter... at least not something I have seen before. If fact, I would be greatful to learn a bit more about how you managed this type of lighting, if you do not mind sharing. Highly creative! Regards ~jnconradie