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KristjanUnnar


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Challenge: Backlighting VIII (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R3
Lens: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
Location: Living room
Date: Nov 24, 2025
Aperture: 1.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2025

 My grandfathers Rolleiflex he bought new sometime around the year 1954. He also had this Kodak Reference Handbook which was printed in New York in 1943, which in itself is a treasure as well as the old Rollei. I've shot numerous films with this Rolleiflex, I even took a picture of my son when he was 8 years old, and put it next to a picture my grandfather shot of my own father when he was 8 years old. I figured this might make a fun connection to the theme, and put some Godox AD100 Pro's to work with their modelling lamps, a long with some smoke from a vape which I bought exclusively to use for effects in photography and videography.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 30
Avg (all users): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 7.3125
Avg (non-participants): 6.9167
Views since voting: 303
Views during voting: 48
Votes: 28
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/03/2025 02:00:56 PM
Congratulations, Beautiful photography and lighting. a top pick from me.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 12/03/2025 06:37:32 AM
Congrats on the ribbon! I love this!
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
12/03/2025 12:24:57 AM
My vote to win. This is such a great image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS M200
Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
 12/01/2025 11:00:48 AM
Love it. Probably my favorite in the challenge. Literally my only (teensy) nit is that I wish the light placement were just a tiny bit elevated off the table so that the surface glare beneath the camera legs was just a bit less distracting. My eye keeps wanting to go there rather than to the center of the subject, where it seems to be intended. But overall a superb and cinematically evocative composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/30/2025 10:14:51 AM
The lighting on your image is stunning. I love this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 11/29/2025 10:33:41 PM
Creative.
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