Nikolai
May-29-2008, 11:40 AM
I'm sure plenty of you saw the pictures from the famous Antelope Canyon and alike:
http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/109877100_L9ZKY-M.jpg
What you may not necessarily know is that it's not how you see it with your own eyes when you enter the slot. The Navajo guides make it happen by throwing the sand into the air. Sand is extremely fine there (cover your cameras!!!), so it stays up for a few seconds. Since rather long (10 sec and longer) exposures are normally used you can't actually see the dust particles but rather magnificent god-like sun beams..
This assignment is all about recreating the same effect. I'm not suggesting booking a trip to Page, AZ, but simply trying to achieve the same visual effect. All you need is a relatively dark environment, relatively bright light source, a gobo (opaque screen) with one or more holes in it - and some dust to provide the desired mid-air-diffusion. Naturally you will also need an ability to have several second exposure in your camera, as well as the way to position it steadily for this multi-second capture.
You can use a large variety of the beauty products to get the fine dust (powder). In any case please observe the safety rules: wear goggles, breathing mask and cover your gear.
Fresh pictures only. Moderate post-processing (but you will have to use curves almost for sure).
Your entry should contain of:
1) project description
2) inline exif info - links are fine, but please include basic exif data - not ALL of it - it into the post, too
3) setup shot
4) SOOC image
5) final image
Multiple entries are ok provided they come from different setups.
Let's get dusty!
http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/109877100_L9ZKY-M.jpg
What you may not necessarily know is that it's not how you see it with your own eyes when you enter the slot. The Navajo guides make it happen by throwing the sand into the air. Sand is extremely fine there (cover your cameras!!!), so it stays up for a few seconds. Since rather long (10 sec and longer) exposures are normally used you can't actually see the dust particles but rather magnificent god-like sun beams..
This assignment is all about recreating the same effect. I'm not suggesting booking a trip to Page, AZ, but simply trying to achieve the same visual effect. All you need is a relatively dark environment, relatively bright light source, a gobo (opaque screen) with one or more holes in it - and some dust to provide the desired mid-air-diffusion. Naturally you will also need an ability to have several second exposure in your camera, as well as the way to position it steadily for this multi-second capture.
You can use a large variety of the beauty products to get the fine dust (powder). In any case please observe the safety rules: wear goggles, breathing mask and cover your gear.
Fresh pictures only. Moderate post-processing (but you will have to use curves almost for sure).
Your entry should contain of:
1) project description
2) inline exif info - links are fine, but please include basic exif data - not ALL of it - it into the post, too
3) setup shot
4) SOOC image
5) final image
Multiple entries are ok provided they come from different setups.
Let's get dusty!