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***OPEN CHALLENGE#19 - Creative Use of (Artificial) Lighting***

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wow, very nice pictures so far, please dont mind my humble contribution.

i stood in front of this corridor and something about it pulled me in

i just wanted to follow the light!

taken with a 40d and the crappy 18-55mm kit lens (non IS version)

the image was shot in RAW and post processed. the tones and grain are intentional,

 
Ok.. let me start off by saying that I completely stole this idea from a photographer (a university photography instructor, actually) I encountered while shooting the same scene in Acadia National Park in Maine this past May. While I took a few shots with natural light, he was assiduously shooting in black and white (or, at least shooting with black and white in mind for the final image), and using a flash to light the foreground. He said he was determined to shoot something that would not be considered a typical tourist photograph.

Here's one of my natural light shots from that evening (not an entry)
http://www.pbase.com/avertedvision/image/97071140/original

However, my curiosity piqued, I went back the following evening, and, again with my tripod, I scrambled out on to the rocks (a bit further out than his shooting location), and fired off a few shots with the SB-800. I did a manual exposure for the Head Light, and tried a few different flash settings for the rocks.

Sure, it's unnatural looking, but it was fun experimenting. :-)

Nikon D300 • 24-70mm f/2.8 • f/8.0 @ 24mm • ISO400

 
I was taking photos on a corporate event the other day and there was a couple of pro tango dancers doing their act. The place was dark and they were liit with a strong spotlight gun guided by a man. In the beggining I took some typical flash/slow sync photos like this:



Nothing special really... But the lightgun was too strong and I had burned highlights on many photos. After I secured some decent ones I thought "What if I turn off the flash completely and rely only on the sppotlight, doing some panning to follow the dancers with very slow shutter speed?" I only made 2-3 photos 'cause the dance came to an end but this one came out better:



Nikon D50, kit 18-55 lens @38mm, f5,6, 1/1,6 sec, Iso 800
Regards Alex.

PS Nice challenge, I participated just for the fun. I have already seen some great entries but in the (highly unlikely) event that I finish first, I cannot host the next one since I will be away for my vacations till the end of August. Will not be here not even to see the results... Have a good summer!
 
During a photo event in Naarden Netherlands last year I entered a faulted room where a projector was displaying images on the end wall. The square image was cut at the top cornes bij the curved ceiling giving this cool stretched shape of light on the ceiling.

Exif: Nikon D200, 18-70 mm lens, ISO1600, f4.2 at 1/40 s.



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You don't need a weatherman to know witch way the wind blows. (Bob Dylan)
 


I wanted to do some abstracts of sugar crystals. First I grew some rock sugar crystals on a toothpick. Then I set up a shooting platform and held the crystals in place with a little "third hand" clamp. I took a piece of corrogated cardboard and cut a small hole in it to create a small backlight through the crystal without putting glare into the lens. I carefully placed the flash and cardboard so it shone a narrow beam into the crystals.

I then added a second flash with a bounce attachment on it, shooting from the side. I don't remember the metering I used for the flashes any more.

Shot at 1/250 and f/22 at ISO 200. (which was probably a mistake. I tend to use ISO 100 whenever possible)

Here's a picture of the setup:



Regards,

Duncan C
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dpreview and PBase supporter.



http://www.pbase.com/duncanc
My macro gallery:
http://www.pbase.com/duncanc/macro_pictures&page=all
 
Here is mine:



It´s a window. My girlfriend turned of the lights in the room and took this shot from the glass window. The light shining through is from outside.

Great challenge by the way!
 
Well, it sounds like I forgot the description... Here it is:-)

The photo was shot during the concert of PFM held during Estivaljazz 2008, a jazz fest in Lugano (Switzerland) now at its 30th edition. PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiata_Forneria_Marconi ) is an Italian progressive rock group that was also well known in US and England in the '70s. Their concerts are still full of energy and wonderful music!

Regards,
Albertp

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Some of my pictures available at:
http://albertoferrante.netsons.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertof
 
Interesting, this is first time that I've heard that port 81 was a problem as others don't seem to have a problem viewing this image and others that are on my site.

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Think BIGGER than big!
 
It´s a window in a hotel room in Wellington New Zealand. My girlfriend took this picture. With the light turned off in the room, the light came in through the window from an outside bulb. The window was framed with a decorated/carved/etched (don´t know the proper word in English) glass. It is for giving some privacy so that you can´t see what´s happening inside the room.
Here is how the window looked with the light on, it is the bottom one.

 
I took this pic in Baghdad, Iraq with an Olympus Stylus 770sw hand held behind a night vision scope. 1/4sec f3.5 iso250



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D200, D70s, nikon 17-55 2.8, 18-200 vr, 50 1.8, 105 vr, sb800, gitzo, really right stuff bh40 and wedding pro bracket.
 
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