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Modern-Day Rasputin

Modern-Day Rasputin

This is a dramatic self-portrait that I took, while practicing off-camera flash. It was taken with a Canon 6D & Canon 24-105mm L lens, at 55mm, ISO 100, f/8, 1/...
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This is a dramatic self-portrait that I took, while practicing off-camera flash. It was taken with a Canon 6D & Canon 24-105mm L lens, at 55mm, ISO 100, f/8, 1/180. I used an off-camera flash, fired into a reflective umbrella, which was at eye level. The umbrella was directly behind the tripod that was holding the camera.
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Canon EOS 6D

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/180

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Nov, 2014

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