Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII) Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro Location: My basement, Minneapolis, MN, USA Date: Feb 19, 2009 Aperture: f/16 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/90 Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2009
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This doesn't have any deep meaning behind. I always enjoy close up portraits and thought I'd try something dramatic with the lighting. I was experimenting with a homemade snoot. The flash was about 3' away with an 8" cloth snoot to restrict the light to just the face. The flash had a 1/2 CTO gel on it to warm it up a bit.
Post Processing - warming filter, sharpen eye, curves on eye punch it up, dodge and burn to emphasize the eye, add border, save for web |