Simple setup at home: print of a treefrog silhouette on lightbox, leaf on top, camera on tripod straight above. No excursions at the Amazonas for me :(
[Sep. 12th, 2012 11:39:14 AM]
The leaf is the backlit subject, dammit!
Of course I knew this would happen, this is dpc after all :)
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I've just reaised something about these types of shots - the focus of the shadow should be crisper on the feet and less so on the parts of the body further away from the leaf. So actually to improve on an already awesome shot try bending the cut-out so the outline matches the vertical profile of the frog, not just the horizontal ;)
Correct, besides that the feet of this species are translucent, not solid.
One of my 10's - and I just had a couple. I knew the leaf was the backlit subject. Ironic, actually - I got dinged partly because my subject had too much light on the front. Love it, though. Congratulations on the HM, anyway.
I've just reaised something about these types of shots - the focus of the shadow should be crisper on the feet and less so on the parts of the body further away from the leaf. So actually to improve on an already awesome shot try bending the cut-out so the outline matches the vertical profile of the frog, not just the horizontal ;)
Wow. Lovely shot, the sort of delicate lighting I expect of you in the studio Oliver, but this looks like you were out in the world and you got it there too.
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