"Sunset Serenade"© David A. Ziser
I thought I'd finish out the week with another wedding image. This image was taken early on after my foray into digital. I am always a big fan of the back-lit beach shot, especially when the sunset cooperates so beautifully as it did here. I composed the image a bit differently than I normally do - I hardly ever tilt the camera - but choose to do so here so that the couple's shadows would exit the frame on a diagonal thereby adding what I call my "dynamic diagonals" to the image. Here is the cool thing about this image - it was made with my Sigma 8mm fisheye on my Nikon D1x. Notice that there is no distortion of the horizon line. That's perfectly normal with a fisheye as long as you keep the horizon line "dead center" in the frame. The couple's distortion was minimized too by keeping them fairly close to the center of the frame too. Anyway, I think it makes a cool shot. Camera specs; Nikon D1x fitted with Sigma 8mm fisheye, F 8.0 @ 1/500 second, ISO 100. Enjoy! -David
Wow, David, that's more than cool. Working through my backlog, I browsed blogs in Google Reader, and, productive as you are, I always have a long backlog on your blog. I read, followed some links, scrolled and then ... a revelation! Wow! This image is a stunner, one of the best of its kind that I've ever seen.
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ReplyDeleteI am new to photography as a profession and was turned on to your site from a PPSCV member(George Delgado). I am volunteering when you come to SJ on May 13th, 2009. I look forward to meeting you. I was wondering what back light set up you are using and how you are powering it. I love your work and would love to be where you are in time. Thank you for your time with this site. It helps us little people out so much.