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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/22/2007
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Well, that's just it. It's a reflective shot at night when the sky is clear and the moon is full. So on clear nights when the moon is full I have gone up there (only maybe three times--it's far from where I live in the city) and there has been no water in the res which might reflect anything.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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Yep... ya just have to go there and do it. Hope for the best. And if it does not work out... welllllll..... go back again!
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/22/2007
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Yeah, maybe. There is this shot I want to do here at one of the parks. Everytime I have gone up at night when the conditions are all correct, for some reason the reservoir is drained. I suppose when I finally shoot it I'll be greatly disappointed. But still... I will get it shot.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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lol...kekekekekekek Thanks...
But I think I'll just keep the hand-held light and hold to chance/luck... sometimes, when things are too planned out...
it is just not the same.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/22/2007
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Ok. Here is my advice for making the shot I think you're after. First, get that thing out of your studio. You need space. If you can't get into space then at least get into an open field on a dark night (overcast, no lights). Then when you set up your lighting the background will not be impacted.
Then work to get your shutter time down to more than a quarter second. Half second ought to be pretty good to get head blur. Close your ap down and add a polarizer if you have to. The longer the shutter time the better the color saturation anyway. Pull your exposure, tight ap, polarizer... you ought to be able to get a pretty slow shutter time like that--even with that halogen lamp in close proximity.
I like the pose/set-up of the original post the best, so I'd work to repeat that one.
After that it's just a matter of timing.
Bon chance.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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The final, "NO! I will NOT show this to the world!!!"
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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Rejection, the Third
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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Second rejection.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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Following are 4 I rejected... for various or obvious reasons.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/22/2007
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Here's the info. I had to underexpose about 4 steps to keep the color saturation. I love the look of bright objects surrounded by total black. I use a high intensity halogen desk lamp for the lighting. Simple as that. I hold the desk lamp in my left hand and swirl it around to get different shadow effects. The camera locks in on the image and the background just goes...... away....... If you right-click this (and you have my permission) then constantly highlight it... you will see the mess of stuff in my den in the background.
DSCN1283.JPG
CAMERA : E8800V1.4
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : S
SHUTTER : 1/15sec
APERTURE : F3.2
EXP +/- : -2.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f8.9mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO 50
WHITEBAL : PRESET
SHARPNESS : OFF
DATE : 04.13.2007 11:58
QUALITY : 3264x2176 EXTRA
SATURATION : AUTO
FOCUS AREA : CENTER
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/22/2007
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Yeah, that would be a challenge. What was your shutter time?
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/21/2007
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I tried for over an hour to get some head going up blurr but I do not have the correct equipment... or maybe talent...
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/21/2007
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Pow! Right in the kisser. This is such a great shot of something so, er, unphotogenic. We are right in the action. What are the odds at?
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/17/2007
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Santa Claus is fictional. Soooooo, does that mean the sarcastic counter-comment is actually a play on proper common beliefs? Or just a way to support what is perceived as true? Wait... let me re-phrase.... by using Santa as an example, are we deconstructing social myths? Or in a parody kind'a way... supporting poplar opinion? I am sooooooo confused.
Santa as a Hippy?????
Communist = pacifist? The road to salvation? Hmmmm..... it seems history has negated that argument...
Still.... I do so like ya!
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 5/17/2007
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Santa Claus had a red suit he's a communist
and a beard and long hair must be a pacifist
Arlo G
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/15/2007
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Naw. Only loosen it on his shoulders. When the head "popped" up the round was over. The game is called Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 5/15/2007
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Thanks, Pat. I never owned the game as a child. My family was rather...mmmmm.... poor. Not to say I never had anythiing, I had some good times. But I never had this. MM (The Lovely Mary Margaret, for those of you new here) actually bought this retro-version for College Boy (Nathan who is 25) last year for Christmas. Nathan and his friends used to have contests with it while playing drinking games. I have it for a few months while Nathan moves into his next college dorm/house at the University of Illinois. Yes, I did photographer it rather well, didn't I? kekekekeke
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Ian McIntosh
{K:42997} 5/14/2007
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Don't know the game but I'd have melted it into grotesque shapes with a cigarrette lighter.
I see the red dudes neck is stretching. Could you knock the commies head off with this game?
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 5/14/2007
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Awesome! I had that game 30 years ago. It could be a Dem Vs. Rep thing too.
You photographed it well.
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