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Out of the Darkness
Out of the Darkness
yakatme


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: My dark bedroom
Date: May 31, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Panoramic, Floral
Date Uploaded: May 26, 2008

 This was a last minute shoot tonight to replace my original entry of the Miami skyline at night because that shot just didn't cut it when I resized it for DPC and uploaded it. I decided to start over with a completely new idea.

This is my first attempt at painting with light and I fairly happy with it. I used an LED flashlight with a fabric softener sheet folded into four layers and black construction paper for a snoot just like I read about in a recent magazine.

I don't know how well it will do and I feel like it could go either way and score high or completely bomb.

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Place: 75 out of 481
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/08/2008 01:09:16 PM
One of my favorites, thought it would score higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/05/2008 06:40:46 AM
comes beauty, well done
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Sony DSLR-A330
Sigma 28-90mm f/3.5-5.6 for Nikon
 06/03/2008 11:13:35 PM
This is an interesting symmetrical composition, everything in focus nicely; and the illumination seeming to come from within the flowers is lovely -making it more artistic (which is to my tastes) - part of me wishes that stem wasn't there- but as i stare at it I enjoy the little splash of green that draws my eyes back down again... and it looks like one beautiful long flower tho I suspect its 3 flowers (i'm no expert on flowers) ;) -- the softness captured in texture is very nice; and its perfectly in focus giving it an a quality that is somewhat 3d -- personally I might have trimmed a little of the black from the bottom but I tend to crop too much I'm told -
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 06/02/2008 09:30:30 PM
Nice diagonal and I like the way they come out of the darkness.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/01/2008 08:57:16 AM
Beautiful. Love the diagonal line.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/01/2008 07:10:30 AM
nice image of a popular subject...lighting is nice for this
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