WE08 Entry (At Last!) - Mr Darcy

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WE08 Entry (At Last!) - Mr Darcy

Postby Mr Darcy on Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:05 pm

Even with the deadline extended, I struggled to get this done in time.
Anyway, Here goes

Critique is more than welcome. Post it here.
Voting is highly recommended. Vote on Tuesday (I think) on this post:
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=33691

You still have time to have a go yourself

Anyway, my entries:

Theme 1: ... communication. I had another one, but I realised I took it about 6 hours to early to qualify :(
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Theme 2: ... flower - there is only one :)
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Theme 3: ... culture - Viti-culture specifically :P
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Theme 4: ... natural pattern. This is the one that delayed me. I Waited for the rain to stop.
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C&C always welcome, and don't forget to vote
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Re: WE08 Entry (At Last!) - Mr Darcy

Postby TonyT on Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:00 pm

I like the letter boxes, would prefer them to all in focus.
Again hard topics
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Re: WE08 Entry (At Last!) - Mr Darcy

Postby paulmac on Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:52 pm

Great selection of pictures here. The colours are nice and bright in Flower.

I'm trying to work out the lighting on your natural pattern pic. The background is essentially black, because without the flash, the pic would have been massively under exposed...? Is that it, or is there a nicely placed backdrop there?!
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Re: WE08 Entry (At Last!) - Mr Darcy

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:34 pm

I'm trying to work out the lighting on your natural pattern pic. The background is essentially black, because without the flash, the pic would have been massively under exposed...? Is that it, or is there a nicely placed backdrop there?!

Lighting used flash (2xSB800 + PopUp) to overpower the daylight in the background. The flashes were 50 - 100mm from the subject. No backdrop. There is actually a pond in the background ( and a wall behind the camera). That made it difficult to set up the shot, hence the slightly awkward angle.
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