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cameraCanon EOS 550D

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/30 

upload_dateSep, 2013

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53 Comments |
Juli-un
 
Juli-un September 19, 2013
Powerful Shot! Love the silhouette and the rays of the sun flowing in!
ajcophotography PRO+
 
ajcophotography September 23, 2013
Amazing capture of the mood.
juliannarivera-perruccio PRO+
 
juliannarivera-perruccio November 03, 2013
Beautiful
kasper Ultimate
 
kasper November 03, 2013
congratulations. outstanding. The light is amazing.
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 November 03, 2013
Absolutely lovely photo. Congratulations on your feature.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta November 03, 2013
Fabulous mono silhouette. Congratulations.
louisloizidesmitsu
 
louisloizidesmitsu November 03, 2013
Congratulations!!
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade November 03, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works
EyesofDavid
 
EyesofDavid November 03, 2013
Beautiful work. Congrats on the Feature.
catini
 
catini November 03, 2013
Outstanding, congrats on your feature!
Peaceofthenorth PRO
 
Peaceofthenorth November 03, 2013
awesome and outstanding Black and White Photo...congrats
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 November 03, 2013
outstanding photograph
iceman2
 
iceman2 November 03, 2013
Excellent capture of light in B&W.Congrats!
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair November 03, 2013
Very nice!
jleiweke
 
jleiweke November 03, 2013
Congrats!
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter November 03, 2013
Beautiful b/w, great lighting. Congrats. - Jake
davidconnelly PRO+
 
davidconnelly November 03, 2013
stunning
Jennifer-B-Photography
 
Jennifer-B-Photography November 03, 2013
wow, I love this shot. Beautiful! faved.
robogow
 
robogow November 03, 2013
Awesome lighting!
tissa7
 
tissa7 November 03, 2013
absolutely great!
nitti
 
nitti November 03, 2013
Superb....congrats
Alannixon
 
Alannixon November 03, 2013
WOW! thanks everyone for for taking the time to comment and feedback, really appreciated! :))))
robheath
 
robheath November 03, 2013
Excellent light and shadows. Very powerful shot. Bravo!
FotoGranny
 
FotoGranny November 03, 2013
Love this, lots of energy just waiting get out...
faizanahmedkhan
 
faizanahmedkhan November 04, 2013
jus love this
ukwrecker
 
ukwrecker November 04, 2013
A really lovely mono shot and the silhouette of the Piano and the young girl in the sunlight lovely
prithvirajdutta
 
prithvirajdutta November 05, 2013
Wow. This pic have a calmness in it.. Congrats....
SHerrero
 
SHerrero November 05, 2013
I love it
ReeButler
 
ReeButler November 05, 2013
Beautiful
Jacc
 
Jacc November 06, 2013
Outstanding....
traceyhodgson
 
traceyhodgson November 07, 2013
Yes such power - the rays of light are the icing on the cake.
icu2
 
icu2 November 07, 2013
congrats on this one
runcietta_marghe_4300
 
runcietta_marghe_4300 November 09, 2013
Congratulations, Fantstic shot, Absolute Amazing capture.. I love her and Ilove the Music of piano.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 November 11, 2013
Beautiful shot - love the choice of b/w. Congrats on being featured!
Wayne_Sr PRO+
 
Wayne_Sr November 16, 2013
Fantastic shot, Congratulations on your featured image..:~)
pixellimagery
 
pixellimagery November 17, 2013
Congrats on the feature, Alan, fabulous lighting and silhouette! :-))
Ell
DariaV
 
DariaV November 26, 2013
Excellent!
Alannixon
 
Alannixon November 28, 2013
Thanks everyone so much for the amazing feedback, I really appreciate every comment! : )))))
carminenickiannunziata
 
carminenickiannunziata December 26, 2013
great shot! ;)
mikemalak
 
mikemalak April 03, 2014
Nice shot!!
sianjones
 
sianjones April 03, 2014
What a spectacular shot...very atmospheric indeed!
Lincsdna
 
Lincsdna November 20, 2014
What really strikes me with this shot, is the rays of light coming through the windows, the scene with the young girl dwarfed by the huge grand piano, which looks even more awesome in its silhouette form. Really, such great example of skill controlling light in the camera, I am impressed, very well done and am excited now to look through the rest of your gallery, all the best, Lincoln :)
RuneHermansen PRO+
 
RuneHermansen December 17, 2014
Love this shot.
Creative use of the light.
HaliSowle
 
HaliSowle December 25, 2014
Wonderful image, great story and feeling portrayed in this.
geoffrobb
 
geoffrobb January 31, 2015
Great capture, stunning!
BrianBasson PRO+
 
BrianBasson January 31, 2015
Simply stunning use of light. Please accept my belated congratulations for your award in December. Brian
oldtrafford
 
oldtrafford February 10, 2015
Wow
marilenavaccarini PRO
 
marilenavaccarini March 01, 2015
amazing
DeniaART
 
DeniaART April 04, 2015
Amazing work!
ashleysowter
 
ashleysowter April 14, 2015
wonderful lighting and silhouette
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 April 29, 2015
absolutely stunning
john_arsenault
 
john_arsenault March 20, 2016
this is a unique image in that there is a great deal of detail and beautiful values in the background, and yet the primary subject delights the eye by leaving so much to the imagination. Great image. Great.
FergalBrady
 
FergalBrady March 23, 2020
Music is the answer

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Behind The Lens

Location

I was on the set doing stills for a TV ad for a food retailer that had sponsored the little girl, who was deaf, to have cochlear implants, which had enabled her to to hear for the first time at age 11.

Time

this was shot mid mooring so the sun could be at the right angle for the rays.

Lighting

The TV crew were shooting all around her and had put smoke in the hall to soften the lighting but they were shooting in colour not BW. With the rays coming through the smoke and the light behind her it created an perfect silhouette opportunity in BW.

Equipment

Canon 550D, 18-135mm, no flash, manual. ISO 100, F5.6, 1/30 sec

Inspiration

It was such an emotive subject as it was and the sun rays shining through the smoke was almost biblical. The composition was important to set her up as the focus in silhouette but to have the detail of the background. BW was the obvious choice to enhance the emotion as the color was looking quite brown with the brick and wooden floors.

Editing

Bw and white processing with contrast to deepen the blacks and clean the up the whites but without losing the mid-tones.

In my camera bag

Now a days I have a Canon 5D MK III, Canon 16-35 f2.8, Canon 24-70 f2.8, Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS + 2 X extender. Speedlite 565, remote cable, tripod.

Feedback

The subject matter is important as to how you are going to treat the shot. When doing BW the trick is to have a range of at least 10 differnt tones ranging from 100% black 100%white in the shot. Often we tend to have to much contrast leaving the shot very stark or on the opposite end not enough contrast leaving the shot grey and dull.

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