Starting with the lighting then enhancing with Nik Color Efex Pro. The local contrast effects give it that 3-D pop. Once I saw this shot I wanted to get a Wizard of Oz movie poster look, so it's brighter and contrastier than I'd normally go for.
Thanks, Gerrit! On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Gerrit Visser <gerrit...@gmail.com> wrote: > The lighting really makes them look as if standing in front of the backdrop > :-) Very 3Dish. > > Gerrit > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker > Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 9:16 PM > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List > Subject: PESO Three Amigos > > Had a really fun practice shoot this past Sunday evening with my wife and > our artist friends, very informal and arranged so I could get some air time > with location lighting gear. > > I'm newly enabled with a Westcott Apollo Medium (28") softbox, picked up > Saturday, and I can now heartily endorse that kit after two two-hour shoots > and various playing about in my office studio. It folds and mounts like an > umbrella, is very light weight, and is an amazingly efficient light source. > It does act like a sail though and very nearly blew over despite a 20 or 30 > pound weight on its stand. I need to refine my sandbagging technique. > > I concentrated on individual portraiture with varying mixes of ambient > light, but I also did a few quick (meaning not well posed) group shots just > to see how that'd work. This one really grabbed me ... > > http://flic.kr/p/f1KeGj > > K20D, DA* 16-50mm/2.8, F5.6, 1/160th, ISO 400. > AF540FGZ on wireless trigger in Apollo 28" softbox; gelled with Rosco > #02: Bastard Straw. > Lr & Nik Suite. > > More results coming later. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
