White Gold by Sony Forums Challenges


05-NOV-2005

Not exactly what I was expecting, but turned out pretty neat.

Sony DSC-V1
1/50s f/3.2 at 12.9mm iso100 with Flash hide exif

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Helen Betts		10-Nov-2005 00:55
Wow, sounds like you put a lot of work into this, but seems it was worth it! The serendipitous effect is pretty cool, too :-). Helen

braonm		09-Nov-2005 18:10
Thank you Helen! This was shot with my V1 on a tripod facing up into a sweet gum tree in my front yard (just turning colors). I plucked my favorite leaf off the tree and proceeded to try and drop it in front of the camera. I used manual set focus at about .5 meter on medium zoom, with +0.7EV compensation on P mode with Slow Sync Flash. I noticed on one take that a piece of the leaf was caught by the flash and lit up like this, so I dropped and dropped until I got one to catch "in focus." The image was photoshoped for levels and colors to remove a little green and bring out a bit more red, but that was it. The ghost trail on this particular image was not photoshopped, but was pure serendipity :)

Helen Betts		05-Nov-2005 23:19
Quite a striking high-key image, braonm! I like how the leaf almost appears radioactive, and the colors are lovely in the background. Very creative! Helen

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