This is my first experiment with backlighting a subject without producing a silhouette. After my first test shot, I saw the potential of the thistle stem looking like lightening. Most of my shots were from the side of the flower to allow the stem to bend from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. Didn't like any of them and almost gave up on the shoot. Once I rotated the thistle towards the front, it only took three shots to get the look I envisioned. I'm sure I'll get comments regarding the intentional blown highlights.
Camera settings determined by the ambient light in the room to give detail to the thistle. Manually discharged my flash from behind just as the 2 sec timer activated the shutter.
Convert from Raw then PP with PSP X
- Crop
- USM at Radius 2, Strength 210, Clipping 4 (Brings out definition - but can cause halos)
- Curve
- Resize
- USM Radius 1, Strength 50, Clipping 3
- Add Border
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Gentle, soft, stark, good composition, beautiful lighting from top left of subject. Nice photo! I like it. Does it qualify as back lighting. I seek to be enlightened! Post virginal voter - Totally Qualified rank amatauer photographer!
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