Maja the bee
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michaeltillman
September 08, 2016
The way you got the dress to hang; she really appear to be swimming in mid air. Great job my friend.
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Location
This photo was taken at the Greek Gardens, in Barcelona, Spain.Time
It was late afternoon, as I wanted to get that beautiful magic light of the golden hour. We ended up shooting a little before that, simply because the place can get crowded during sunset.Lighting
I wanted it to look magical, of course, but also as natural as possible.. I used only ambient light, no reflector, no diffuser.Equipment
I used my Canon 60D with a 50 mm f/1.8 lens on a tripod set very low, in order to get those flowers in the foreground.Inspiration
I have always wanted to take a levitation photo. My wife loves nature and always asked me for pictures of her with flowers. Also, her name is Maja, which is the original spelling for the character "Maya the Bee", so let's just say the idea was right in front of me the whole time!Editing
When people ask me how I did it, I usually tell them "Well, there she was, flying as usual, and I happened to have my camera on me, so I just clicked it!". But for some reason most people don't believe me... So, yeah, I did some cloning to hide the stool she was propped on, dodging and burning to emphasize shapes, and some color toning to get that magic feel.In my camera bag
A Canon 60D, a Sigma fisheye 15mm f/2.8, a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, a Canon 50mm f/1.8 and a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8. Also, a Canon 420 EX II flash. You might wonder why I have full frame lenses and not a full frame camera? Well, I'm "in between cameras", since I got rid of my 5D to get an upgrade, which will happen very soon!Feedback
Watch tutorials and be creative. And have fun! It's fantasyland, you can do anything you want, and no one will criticize you because "oh, you must have used photoshop on that one...".. well, duh! Of course! (Even though I've seen levitation without photoshop... It's all about the angles...)
