A Golden Neutron Star
Jun, 2021Views
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Runner Up in Las Vegas Giveaway
Honorable Mention in Magnified Marvels Photo Contest
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philzampino
September 25, 2023
Congratulations on your honorable mention in the Magnified Marvels contest. Great photo!
Rmay1
September 25, 2023
Congratulations for receiving an honorary mention in Magnified Marvels contest.😊
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Location
This photo was taken at my best friend's apartment when I was testing out a ring light for the first time with my extension tubes for macrophotography.Time
I believe this photo was taken during the evening, but given that it was indoors I was able to control the lighting.Lighting
The lighting was achieved with a ring light. I positioned the camera inside the ring and leaned it and the light close to her face/eye. I turned off all other lights in the room to increase the contrast created by the ring light and reduce background lighting glare.Equipment
Canon 60D, 50mm macro lens, ring light, and tripod.Inspiration
I had just acquired my ring light and was playing around with it for the first time. I had always wanted to take this kind of picture of an eye, but the lighting for such a narrow depth-of-field is difficult without some kind of lighting equipment. When I was taking this photo, I didn't expect them to come out well, I figured it would just be practice to eventually master it, but several of them turned out much better than expected.Editing
Yes, there was some post-processing done to increase the vibrancy of the color of the eye. Lighting was sufficient and didn't really need edits, the primary was drawing out the color.In my camera bag
Canon 60D and 70D bodies, 50mm lens and an 18-22mm wide, extension tubes, a monopod, spare batteries and SD cards.Feedback
This is a difficult marco shot to get, so I would say make sure you have the proper equipment, because without it you won't get this kind of shot. Practice such narrow depth-of-field shots with other inanimate objects because eyes are particularly difficult to get. Eyes are always moving, blinking always a factor, and anyone who does macro photography will attest that movement is the enemy of those kinds of shots. Make sure your model is patient and ok with you being in their personal space because you need to get the camera and light very close to their eye, so always consider their comfortability level (that is a good hint for anytime you are capturing pictures of somebody: their comfort and consent are necessary before anything else!)
