elljay

_MG_6790-2

Canon EOS 70D

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Aperture f/25.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/1 Focal Length 76/1

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Feb, 2015

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Bad weather can be magic for creating moody images.

Taken on the Scott Kelby walk in Howick South Africa

Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken on my desk in my study at home. The black stripes are plain and simple wrapping paper. The glasses are filled with water and are standing on a glass shelf. This glass shelf is a piece of plain glass perched off the table on 4 empty cold drink bottles. There is a simple desk light under the glass shelf, directed at the background paper.

Time

This was day time - some time in the morning and the natural light in the room is quite strong.

Lighting

Only 1 desk lamp and lots of natural light

Equipment

Canon 70D. 100 mm Macro lens all on a tripod. 1 desk lamp fitted with a "daylight" globe. No flash.

Inspiration

I saw this stripy paper in the supermarket and loved it. I had previously been playing with refracting light through glass and water, so I decided to combine the two elements.

Editing

Initially it was cropped very slightly and straighten. I then converted it to true black and white and pushed up the contrasts. I did initially over expose the image slightly, to get the whites as white as possible because I knew I could push up the contrasts in post to get the blacks darker again.

In my camera bag

Canon 70D body. Canon 50D body. Tamron 18-270 lens. Canon 100mm macro. Canon 100-400. Speedlight and a ringflash.

Feedback

I believe in playing and experimenting. Sometimes when something is too meticulously planned - it doesn't work out. Sometimes, when you least expect it - it does. I had an idea of "refraction" here and just played with that idea.

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