how do u achieve this effect?

[sandro9mm]

did he use flash? I love the way it looks, background dark, and subject has this deep colors... or is it photoshop?

http://g8.no/images/20080808225800_storm.jpg

[photoarray]

I'm thinking you should probably give credit to the photographer for posting a pictures. With that said, I would use flash to recreate this style. There are probably some adjustments that have been done in photoshop, but the lighting is the key.

[sandro9mm]

yes, he is fantastic... I saw some of his landscapes and my jaw fell off :) he is good, at least his photoshop skills are top notch :D

http://g8.no/

[Picture North Carolina]

If you are not the copyright holder of the posted pic, you may want to provide a link to it as opposed to posting it.

[fast1]

pretty neat whoever did that to the picture

[egordon99]

Shutter speed/ISO/aperture set to properly expose the background, ISO/aperture+lighting to expose the subject...

Not sure exactly what lighting they used, but this looks like a pretty standard example of using fill-flash.

[sandro9mm]

Shutter speed/ISO/aperture set to properly expose the background, ISO/aperture+lighting to expose the subject...

Not sure exactly what lighting they used, but this looks like a pretty standard example of using fill-flash.
background underexposed, u don't think so?

[azpix]

slightly underexposed with an off camera flash camera left.

don't post other people photos.

[canonnoob]

change the photo in the op to a link please... dont want to get in trouble now..

as far as the photo effect goes..

there was a flash (looks like top right because of the reflection off of the seal)
I would say slight pp done..

[sandro9mm]

yes yes, I realized it's not nice to post other people's photos... but I didn't know, since I myself allow people to do hot linking :P and I also gave the credits to the original website... btw that dude has 50cent photo on the website, I'm not sure if all of those photos are his really... but anyways...

thx everyone, understood.

[apixelintime]

I would say fill flash as well. The colors of the womans clothes and the turtle appear to be desaturated, likely in PS

[woods]

I second the fill flash and slightly underexposed background.

[toxic]

Background is underexposed one or two stops (I'm thinking two). Fill flash, and then HDR.

[Gibbo]

Background is underexposed one or two stops (I'm thinking two). Fill flash, and then HDR.

I wouldn't say the photographer would have applied hdr to this.. He/she may have, i could be wrong. They may have mildly applied it in places. But it just seems like a well underexposed background to me.

[azpix]

Background is underexposed one or two stops (I'm thinking two). Fill flash, and then HDR.


wouldn't by definition this not be hdr since it's an underexposed background and subject artificially lit. plust there is a person in it so we can rule out multiple exposures. just sayin...

[toxic]

wouldn't by definition this not be hdr since it's an underexposed background and subject artificially lit. plust there is a person in it so we can rule out multiple exposures. just sayin...

Not necessarily...and HDR's can be done as long as the subject is stationary. There's also the "pseudo" HDR by taking advantage of the extra detail in RAW files.

I'm not certain its HDR, but it looks a lot like it to me.

[Anh Bi]

Underexposed background. Strobe with some form of softbox or umbrella to the camera left to properly expose the subject. Minor tweaks in PP.

Similar shot taken by moi with camera flash:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3446890820_c6c331ef9f_b.jpg

[Galaxy99]

interesting. How do you underexpose your background while your flash will hit background anyways, using a light modifier???

[Anh Bi]

I am not sure if I get your question.

1)How do I underexpose my background?
or
2)Why doesn't the flash illuminate the background?

[gotbob]

I am going say the original photo belongs to this gentleman. http://www.joeyl.com/ His shots are amazing. It looks like snooted flash and maybe some HDR tweaking.

Underexposing background usually is a fast shutter & small aperture. Flash on subject and the background goes dark. (even in daylight)

[egordon99]

That's not how light (especially direct light from a speedlight) works. Look up the "inverse square law"

interesting. How do you underexpose your background while your flash will hit background anyways, using a light modifier???

[harroz]

harsh light flash camera left and up, not softbox or umbrella, more like bare flash. camera settings exposed for background highlights. good pp.

[Rodreguez]

I expect he's used Photoshop to desaturate all but the reds, then applied the green blow up toy in a seperate layer with it's own colour saturation. I don't think it's HDR as such he's used, but a similar effect such as mild "draganising" to manipulate shadow and highlight detail...

[lithiumcove]

I am going say the original photo belongs to this gentleman. http://www.joeyl.com/ His shots are amazing. It looks like snooted flash and maybe some HDR tweaking.

Underexposing background usually is a fast shutter & small aperture. Flash on subject and the background goes dark. (even in daylight)

Wow, nice find. It does belong to Joey. Second photo in the Personal | Portraits from around the world section.

[azpix]

Underexposed background. Strobe with some form of softbox or umbrella to the camera left to properly expose the subject. Minor tweaks in PP.

Similar shot taken by moi with camera flash:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3446890820_c6c331ef9f_b.jpg


great shot

[Digital_zen]

Similar shot of my son this Easter. Easyshare C330, EC set to 1.5 stops under, built in flash, burning in PS.
No HDR effect on this one, but it could easily be added with Topaz or Nik.

[kibipod]

The photo / link in the original post is by Patrick D. He also belongs to a group of landscape photographers and their website is timecatchers.com.
Most of his landscape photos in that site contains tech details.