russsmith

Coffee

Canon EOS 77D

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 100/1

upload_date

Apr, 2019

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Awards

Action Award

Zenith Award

Spring 21 Award

Legendary Award

Curator's Selection

9Teen Award

Contest Finalist in Rule of Thirds Photo Contest vol7

Contest Finalist in Served On The Table Photo Contest

Celebrity Award

Contest Finalist in Social Exposure Photo Contest Vol 21

Curator's Choice

Peer Award

+472

Outstanding Creativity

+17

Top Choice

+15

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Superior Skill

All Star

Virtuoso

Magnificent Capture

Emotions

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Happy

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Behind The Lens

Location

In my kitchen/dining room at the house I am living in.

Time

It was a mid morning shot.

Lighting

The light coming through my window was a bit bright and harsh at that time of the day. There was a large white boat in the neighbors yard that was reflecting a ton of light so I ended up using a diffuser (the center part of a 5 in 1 reflector) and because I did not light the way the highlights changed with the diffuser so I added a speedlight behind the diffuser and a white card to fill a bit on the lower left hand side of the frame.

Equipment

This was shot on a 77d with 100mm Tokina lens. I used a tripod so my framing did not change as I set the scene up and one speedlight behind the center diffuser of a 5 in one. I also used a white board for a bit of fill.

Inspiration

I was close enough to the prompt that I was using on that day for my 365 project that I am doing again this year.

Editing

Standard post processing in Lightroom (highlights,shadows,whites,blacks,what not).

In my camera bag

77d , 17-50mm 2.8 , 100mm macro and a yongnuo speedlight.

Feedback

Have the idea and sketch it out. Put the camera on a tripod and build the scene to the camera. Until you have the image you are happy with do not move the tripod or tear down the scene. Small changes can make a big difference in the final look of the image . If you are not shooting tethered then before you decided you are done look at the images on the screen of your computer and look for not what is right but look for what is wrong ie check the edges of the frame or highlights is way overblown.

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Coffee

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