Pixel Popper
Sep-18-2007, 03:35 PM
I originally posted this in the assignment thread (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=67245), but I thought it was cool enough to share here as well. Hope you think so, too...
I know this thread is a bit older, but I am just catching on to the assignment section of Dgrin. I saw the "feet" category a few days ago and really started thinking about how I might approach the subject. I wanted to push my creativity and not do a "normal" take on the subject. Whether or not it was successful, I will leave up to you all to decide. Here is what I came up with:
http://lh3.google.com/Howard.Starrett/RvBH7KkOvYI/AAAAAAAAHq4/fbdNP1H3Y9k/s400/_DSC0322.JPG
Nikon D80
Nikkor 18 - 135 mm lens
ISO 100
f/32
focal length of 62 mm
shutter speed of 28.2 seconds in bulb mode
full manual settings.
To get the shot, I placed a black tee-shirt on the floor and rested my feet on the shirt. I took a small mag-light (small torch, for you on the other side of the pond) and wrapped the lamp end with a strip of aluminum foil to make a snoot of sorts, limiting the spill of the light. I had my camera on a tripod which was sitting between my legs as I was sitting on a chair. I darkened the room, then used the flash light as an AF assist light. Once focus was locked, I released the shutter with a wired remote shutter release device, and used the flashlight to just paint my toes with light, avoiding the rest of my feet. I moved the light back and forth across my toes for nearly thirty seconds. For PP, I used Picasa 2 to convert the image to B&W, add contrast, and tinted the image blue. And there you have it. So, how does it work for you?
-Howard
I know this thread is a bit older, but I am just catching on to the assignment section of Dgrin. I saw the "feet" category a few days ago and really started thinking about how I might approach the subject. I wanted to push my creativity and not do a "normal" take on the subject. Whether or not it was successful, I will leave up to you all to decide. Here is what I came up with:
http://lh3.google.com/Howard.Starrett/RvBH7KkOvYI/AAAAAAAAHq4/fbdNP1H3Y9k/s400/_DSC0322.JPG
Nikon D80
Nikkor 18 - 135 mm lens
ISO 100
f/32
focal length of 62 mm
shutter speed of 28.2 seconds in bulb mode
full manual settings.
To get the shot, I placed a black tee-shirt on the floor and rested my feet on the shirt. I took a small mag-light (small torch, for you on the other side of the pond) and wrapped the lamp end with a strip of aluminum foil to make a snoot of sorts, limiting the spill of the light. I had my camera on a tripod which was sitting between my legs as I was sitting on a chair. I darkened the room, then used the flash light as an AF assist light. Once focus was locked, I released the shutter with a wired remote shutter release device, and used the flashlight to just paint my toes with light, avoiding the rest of my feet. I moved the light back and forth across my toes for nearly thirty seconds. For PP, I used Picasa 2 to convert the image to B&W, add contrast, and tinted the image blue. And there you have it. So, how does it work for you?
-Howard