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16-DEC-2007 Najinsky

Radial Rasage

Guernsey

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/250s f/19.0 at 38.0mm iso800 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Dec-2007 18:00:17
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length38 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/19
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modeaverage (1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (1)
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Canon DSLR Challenge25-Dec-2007 19:34
Very nice work. --mlynn
jnconradie18-Dec-2007 05:06
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Another round of applause from my side for a really neat and tidy image! Lovely work.
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Dec-2007 20:41
Great work Naj and thanks for the behind-the-scenes peak on the lighting set up. - Kelly
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Dec-2007 19:39
Thanks for commenting Bob/Nico.

Nico, it's winter time up here and time for me to start learning about this mysterious lighting thing, so I'm improvising a do-it-yourself studio. The subjects are sat on a Lino floor tile placed on an upturned storage box (I went into a carpet shop and asked the owner if he had any old sample books, he gave me about twenty metalic effect tiles, expect to see them over the comming challenges!). There is a desk-top halogen lamp angled almost horizontal in line with the top of the box to the left of subject (illuminating from the front left and slightly above). On the 20D I had a Metz 36 Hotshoe flash-gun in E-TTL mode pointing directly up for bounce off a white ceiling. This gave too much shadow so I put a plastic carrier bag over the flash, which I think acted as a defuser, and gave loads of even lighting. The Camera was on Manual exposure and manual focus. This setup overexposed it by about 1.7 stops. I was looking for about a half stop over to give it a sharp bright appearance but I was shooting raw, so I didn't bother trying to adjust the flash power and just lowered the exposure in PP. I got lots of different compositions and I'm still deciding on whether I like the Allure at this angle.

Bob, it is amazing how often they change the head design. Each time I go to buy replacement heads, I end up getting a new model instead!

-Najinsky
jnconradie17-Dec-2007 18:12
Wow! Very professional looking image. Could step right into some ad campaign, in my opinion. How did you light this? Regards Nico
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Dec-2007 09:52
I thought I left a comment but it disappeared.... ;-(

Oh well.... I'll do it again... I like this composition Naj. and I can't help but comment on the multitude of variations the manufacturer has made to this style of cutting mechanism over the many years.

I do like the subtle shades and tones in this image. ~ Regards Melbob