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by jamesw on Tue May 22, 2007 2:03 pm
nikon d70, 10.5mm fisheye, sunpak 555 (to right of shot, base of stairs) and sunpak 383 (in shot) on pocketwizards.
i dig the lighting, exposure, but it has been suggested to me by a friend to try get a little closer, but in this shot i was holding the camera (away from my eye) about a meter away from the rail.
i think the shot could have also done with a third flash, just to kill the shadow on the stairs, its a little distracting
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by methd on Tue May 22, 2007 2:38 pm
i like the shadow on the stairs...
im a bit scared for the rider tho, seems awfully cose to the railing.
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by olrac on Tue May 22, 2007 10:29 pm
When I saw the title of the post i assumed this would be a landscape. When I saw the image I thought Dam he's close.....
If he came off there may well have been a SNAFU peg headed your way....
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by mrbillf on Tue May 22, 2007 11:11 pm
Nice photo James.
Just as a sugestion to assist with lighting. You can always try to use lights and generators as a cheaper alternative to get rid of those shadows and use the 2 flashes for the subject matter. I take a lot of skateboarding photos using this method and getting the right lights helps. It does the trick very well.
Cheers,
Bill
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by jamesw on Wed May 23, 2007 10:26 am
mrbillf wrote:Nice photo James. Just as a sugestion to assist with lighting. You can always try to use lights and generators as a cheaper alternative to get rid of those shadows and use the 2 flashes for the subject matter. I take a lot of skateboarding photos using this method and getting the right lights helps. It does the trick very well. Cheers, Bill
thanks for the tip. how bulky is the stuff you use? just because i am not too keen to expand my rig too much more... i need one or two more pws and maybe a zoom and then my bag will be overflowing...
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by jamesw on Wed May 23, 2007 10:28 am
olrac wrote:When I saw the title of the post i assumed this would be a landscape. When I saw the image I thought Dam he's close.....
If he came off there may well have been a SNAFU peg headed your way....
yeah i was in pretty close... almost got taken out shooting a shot of him 50-50ing the rail, i had the camera held out almost touching the base of the rail.
hahahah snafu pegs, they're almost old school bro!
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