"Burning Beauty"© David A. Ziser
I made this image a few years ago as part of a senior portrait session. I was really trying to pick up the sunset with a higher shutter speed and was fairly happy with the result. The only problem was that the field was way to dark. After working it in Photoshop for a bit, I got the result I wanted. (I'll plan on working that into an upcoming Technique Tuesday.) Light is coming in from the left side via my Quantum flash shooting through my translucent umbrella. Camera specs; Canon 20D fitted with 70-200mm IS lens at 70mm, F4.0 @ 1/200 second, ISO 100.
Enjoy! -David
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot there.
Just one question, can the 17-85mm be opened up to f4 at 70mm?! Mine is already at f5.6 from 24mm onwards...
Thanz.
Big fan,
Andrew
Sorry Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI listed the wrong lens - it's correctly listed now. -David
that looks like you took a studio shot and pasted her into the background.
ReplyDeleteHi, Dave. I like this picture. Pretty girl is bathing around the soft sunshine while at the time of sunset.It's so peaceful! But the picture make a Chinese archaism come to me: The setting sun is fairly beautiful but it's going to dusk(夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏). Would you take some picture of the rising sun?
ReplyDeleteThat is one of my favorite images by you, David. I am a huge fan of using flash to balance the ambient background light. I like to use three SB-800s for a shoot like this instead of a reflector. One hair light, one main light and one fill light. I love the high contrast created and separation that this can create.
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