Steve Sprengel by Digital Rebels


16-JAN-2005

From RAW with very little processing other than Intellisharpen II.

Click for sepia version and lighting setup.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR
1/200s f/13.0 at 84.0mm iso100 with 550EX and Sigma Super, full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Steve Sprengel		17-Jan-2005 18:25
I tend to agree with both of your comments. I wanted to document this flower and it's the shot I liked to most. Compositionally I'd rather the flower came out from between a couple leaves, but that's not how this plant works. There are also leaves in the way for almost any other angle so I didn't have much choice about the flower, itself. The lighting could be much better, and I tried all sorts of variations, but only have one off camera flash. Besides the flash in the "setup" picture, I also used the umbrella on another tripod and tried to bounce my on camera flash into it, but it was hit-and-miss. The background is bluer at the top because the wall is dark blue and reflected some of the flash back as a different color. I got lucky with the gradient, though it should be stronger and darker nearer the top. The Nik Color Efex B/W Conversion plugin makes it very easy to adjust which colors are bright and dark, but without the flowers being white the whole thing was similar shades of gray, so I chose the higher-contrast white-flowers-dark-leaves look.

Digital Rebels		17-Jan-2005 16:59
I like the colour version better.. the sepia is washed in the yellow area This is a nice composition but I cant seem to find a focal point.. Is it at the top? I liked you lighting setup , has a nice on the background Rafi

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