With all the talk of the nuclear threats and religous fever running rampant I got this idea of the birth of man. I knew I wanted a non-descript backlit human figure but..what would I do to represent the birth?
Then I got an idea from watching a James Bond movie. The beginning credits always have that tunnel kind of thing going for it so I wanted to re-create that concept.
So..the set-up.
I have my model behind a semi-transparent shower curtain..backlit with a 2 million candle sport spot light.
Then I have my camera set up with a piece of PVC pipe set-up in front of the lens so when you look down the pipe the glow effects and shadows gives a bubble effect to the model behind the screen.
Post processing was very minimal. This shot looks pretty much like it did right out the camera.
-Noise Ninja
-Crop
-Levels
-Curves for contrast
-Selective color to remove some minor color casting
-resized for the web
-very little sharpening..I wanted to maintain the soft glow
I don't know whether this shot will have enough detail or "stock photo" feel to entice the DPC crowd but I like the effect and I learned something new..which is the point I guess :-D
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Sweet! I love the image, although I'm not sure DPC is ready for it. I'm curious if this was intended in a sci-fi way, or a pre-natal way. I am also curious about the technique -- it's flirting with a DQ request.
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