Thought it would be an interesting idea to creative a shot of Predator arriving from outer space.
When scouting for a location I found an interesting little cove of bushes within a forest which I thought would hold smoke very well, we hired a generator and borrowed a smoke machine. There was also an interesting tree trunk which would act a a great spring board.
The lighting setup on the night was an experiment of different gels to creative the alien feel. One flash was place in front of predator and off to the side (this gave a cool shadow within the smoke) I also used a cooling gel to give the armor a more metally feel. For the rear I used a large SB-900 flash with a green gel for smoke and ambient fill and reflected the shadows on predators under exposed side via a large front reflector.
This was the first time that i've shot smoke and found it difficult due to the heavey winds and the changing exposures depending on the density of smoke for each shot.
Lastly Predator was jumping form the tree trunk but this shot seemed as if he was jumping over it in a Predator style leap which I was really happy with.
Some great lessons learned.
Process:
From raw, little dodge/burn for smoke detail and armour, curve adjustment for contrast.
p.s. I know this will be touch an go with people as the stars are not the central focus, but I enjoy creative my concepts and learning from each outcome.
thanks for viewing!
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59th? Robbed! I expected this to be at least top 10.
ETA: I thought that this might have been you - In fact I was tempted to write that in my comment but refrained. You've only had a few entries on here but the creativity and style here reminded me of your other shots. I've got a feeling it's only a matter of time before you're cleaning up the ribbons on here. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your stuff! J
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