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Incomplete Pete

4th of June 2005 (Sat), 14:16

Was a bit bored this afternoon and found a set of gels so had a go at some weird lighting effects.

All straight out of the camera, shot on a 1D MkII with a 17-40 and a Lensbaby.

http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972279-M.jpg

http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972280-M.jpg

http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972281-M.jpg

http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972283-M.jpg

http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972284-M.jpg

Incomplete Pete

4th of June 2005 (Sat), 18:20

[Muffin Princess] Hello, Pete's girlfriend here. I took the photos of him and he took the ones of me. Here is one which I didn't think looked too good in red so I changed it to sepia, what do you think?

Before:
http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23994831-M.jpg

After:
http://eclipseimages.smugmug.com/photos/23972282-M-2.jpg

bolantej

5th of June 2005 (Sun), 13:30

that is some cool lighting. how do you like that lensbaby? i was considering one of those. they seem to have neat effects.

Incomplete Pete

5th of June 2005 (Sun), 14:16

It's a cool toy, not used it properly as of yet!

exposingmyself

5th of June 2005 (Sun), 16:39

I LOVE the first 5 esp 1 and 2. Can you elaborate on lighting for 1 and 4?

I have lensbabies for both my canon eos digital and nikon (cheapy) film cameras. I love seeing people's reactions when I shoot out on the streets.

Muffin Princess

5th of June 2005 (Sun), 17:05

Thank you :D For number 1, can you see how Pete has his arm in the air and he's looking upwards? That's because he has the flashgun in his hand! We were using 2 of the 580 EX. One on the camera with a blue gel and one elsewhere (we moved it around a lot!) as a slave with a red gel. This was taken using the lensbaby

For number 4, we increased the power on the master with the blue gel and placed the slave with the red gel to my left so both sides of my face were lit up. This was taken using the 17-40. Credit goes to Pete who's been messing about with his flashguns a LOT lately; it's been worth it! :D

As you can see on the first 2, it was broad daylight outside so I was surprised at how dramatic they came out!

The lensbaby is cool isn't it? Takes a lot of getting used to, I can never tell if I've hit a sweet spot or not as it makes me feel like my eyes are all fuzzy!

PhotosGuy

5th of June 2005 (Sun), 18:30

Good start! Keep at it!

exposingmyself

6th of June 2005 (Mon), 13:02

Muffin: thanks for the reply. That's really good experimenting!

:D

amitnike

15th of June 2005 (Wed), 12:31

not bad need to try it out

mvonditter

15th of June 2005 (Wed), 23:31