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How did Nic Managed flash on this photo???

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Belen Hedderich said:
Hello

First congratulations Nic! I just love this picture and been trying
to reproduce it myself, but without luck.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23263900

How was the lightning done for this?

I'm not new at photography or lights, but for sure I'm a lot rusty.

So any takers? how this one was done??

Thanks
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'The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.'
 




painted with light ...
long exposure with controlled light brush, torch or
fibre lights ... I use fibre lights ...

Have fun
gmd
Belen Hedderich said:
Hello

First congratulations Nic! I just love this picture and been trying
to reproduce it myself, but without luck.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23263900

How was the lightning done for this?

I'm not new at photography or lights, but for sure I'm a lot rusty.

So any takers? how this one was done??

Thanks
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More time would make me even happier.

 
Great Photos wing.

By any chance you got a web page on photoshop tutorial on how to obtain something like that?

Thank you!! Now I need to learn photoshop a lot! hehe
wing88 said:




painted with light ...
long exposure with controlled light brush, torch or
fibre lights ... I use fibre lights ...

Have fun
gmd
Belen Hedderich said:
Hello

First congratulations Nic! I just love this picture and been trying
to reproduce it myself, but without luck.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23263900

How was the lightning done for this?

I'm not new at photography or lights, but for sure I'm a lot rusty.

So any takers? how this one was done??

Thanks
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More time would make me even happier.

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it is shot like this ..
no photoshop involved other than resizing and a tad USM
and a little curve ... this is light painting ..

have fun
gmd
Belen Hedderich said:
By any chance you got a web page on photoshop tutorial on how to
obtain something like that?

Thank you!! Now I need to learn photoshop a lot! hehe
wing88 said:




painted with light ...
long exposure with controlled light brush, torch or
fibre lights ... I use fibre lights ...

Have fun
gmd
Belen Hedderich said:
Hello

First congratulations Nic! I just love this picture and been trying
to reproduce it myself, but without luck.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23263900

How was the lightning done for this?

I'm not new at photography or lights, but for sure I'm a lot rusty.

So any takers? how this one was done??

Thanks
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More time would make me even happier.

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More time would make me even happier.

 
Softbox (or large skylight / window) above the apple and slightly to camera left.

White reflector or possibly another softbox to the side of the apple at camer left. Probably a fill card. If softbox, it was dialed 3 or 4 stops down from main.

Corners are burned down or vingette added via photoshop. All that dark space was not created with the light but in post.

I'ld put $10 on that I'm 90% right. Oh no.... a new photo addiction. Step right up ladies and gentlemen! Guess how this shot was lit! Place your bets now! :)

And you could always just hunt the photographer and ask them.

Cheers,
Zack Arias
Atlanta, GA

http://www.usedfilm.com
 
Kel Tookay said:
what makes you think it is photoshop?
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If you do a lot of Photoshop work you can spot it fairly quickly. Now first let me say, it's a great shot. However the photographer wanted to get the shot is fine by me so I don't want anyone thinking I am slamming them. This isn't photojournalism so have at it in the realm of retouching!

Let's say you were to take the image in question into Photoshop....

Open it up, open levels. Take the middle slider (midtones) and pull it all the way to the left (to the shadows) you will then see exactly where the manipulations happened. It's either Photoshop or the bending of the rules of physics.

Cheers,
Zack Arias
Atlanta, GA

http://www.usedfilm.com
 
maybe I'm old fashioned, but this looks more like lighting than photoshop.

I have done a lot of both and could make this easier in the studio than on the computer.

Look at some of Phil Marco's ad work from the 70-80s.

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-Kel 2K
 
I agree with most of this answer, but I also believe that this shot might be able to be done without any special gradient masking in Photoshop. A often under-utilized (or under-realized!) concept is that of using Black fill cards to absorb excess light. Based on the reflections (hot above the apple, several stops less to the left) it is probably a small softbox (or a Lumiquest or similar diffuser on a portable electronic flash) above and a White fill card to the left as mentioned and either Black fill cards on the opposite (dark!) side or maybe it is sitting on black velvet or a similar fabric to help absorb any stray reflections. Feathering the flash towards the back of the scene might accomplish some of the falloff in the front right side. I could be all wrong, but it might be a good experiment to try to reproduce this simple scene just to see if the light can be controlled in this manner. As much as I love Photoshop myself, if I can somehow achieve the result in-camera then I feel like I've learned more of the craft of photography. A computer complete with Photoshop might not be available in every situation and it never hurts to improve your arsenal of lighting techniques!
Zack Arias said:
Softbox (or large skylight / window) above the apple and slightly
to camera left.

White reflector or possibly another softbox to the side of the
apple at camer left. Probably a fill card. If softbox, it was
dialed 3 or 4 stops down from main.

Corners are burned down or vingette added via photoshop. All that
dark space was not created with the light but in post.

I'ld put $10 on that I'm 90% right. Oh no.... a new photo
addiction. Step right up ladies and gentlemen! Guess how this
shot was lit! Place your bets now! :)

And you could always just hunt the photographer and ask them.

Cheers,
Zack Arias
Atlanta, GA

http://www.usedfilm.com
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Well you could do some thing similar with one light snooted and a piece of milk plex and no PS
 
Kel Tookay said:
I have done a lot of both and could make this easier in the studio
than on the computer.
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For the image in question - Take the image into Photoshop. Open levels. Pull the midtones all the way over to the shadow (pull to the left) and you will see the masking.

If you look very, very close at the image online, you will see a straight line shadow in the lower left hand corner. That's part of the mask.

Cheers,
Zack Arias
Atlanta, GA

http://www.usedfilm.com
 
Thank you for your answers.

wing, I'm sorry I never intended to tell you your photo was done in photoshop. Congratulations! you have a great lightning technique.

It was just that this image has been some sort of challenge for me. Of course I could try to contact Nic, althought I believe he said he would be traveling, but also I wanted to do that myself.

Kraig, your photo looks like but is not as sharp as the one intended, and also the shadows don't correspond.

I'm starting to believe it was a mix of things light and some photoshop work.

Thank you really guys for your answers!!!
Kraig said:




Well you could do some thing similar with one light snooted and a
piece of milk plex and no PS
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If you look carefully at the image you can see the shape of the light

it looks to be a small strip softbox -- that would account for the fall off in the light. Sometimes I think we digital people don't spend enough time learning about light and lighting -- its usually better and easier to get it "right of the camera"

check out creative lighting techniques or some other books on lighting if you get a chance. Its amazing how you can affect the quality of the light.
( http://www.photoshift.com/imageProcessing.html )


Belen Hedderich said:
wing, I'm sorry I never intended to tell you your photo was done in
photoshop. Congratulations! you have a great lightning technique.

It was just that this image has been some sort of challenge for me.
Of course I could try to contact Nic, althought I believe he said
he would be traveling, but also I wanted to do that myself.

Kraig, your photo looks like but is not as sharp as the one
intended, and also the shadows don't correspond.

I'm starting to believe it was a mix of things light and some
photoshop work.

Thank you really guys for your answers!!!
Kraig said:




Well you could do some thing similar with one light snooted and a
piece of milk plex and no PS
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