Photo Projects - Practical Approach

[sujoyp]

it was not foggy or mysty it was cloudy....and yesterday it rained here...no birds today no flowers

 

[izzikio_rage]

sunrise is not working for me either .... but I guess I'll need to try for sunset

 

[nac]

I tried, it was misty/foggy... So tweaked to get that "golden" effect...

Project: Golden hour Photography

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[Gen.Libeb]

what a bad luck ...woke up for these golden hour shoot and sky is all dull with just red sun behind

The 1st one is quite nice.
I haven't seen nice clouds in the sky for some months now. The sky is always dull greyish light blue all the day & sunsets aren't much interesting.

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[sujoyp]

But u guys are just taking silhouette...but in example there is no silhouette..

Guys think of some other compositions...something new

 

[izzikio_rage]

I guess one thing to remember is that we don't need to get the golden sky in the shot to get a great golden hour shot, the light itself will give you some awesome shots

here is the only good shot I have of the golden hour

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paths not taken by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Here are some from other flicker profiles that I liked

This I think has used a reflector to reflect the light onto the lady's face
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Golden Hour by Rick Nunn, on Flickr

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Golden Hour Swoops by interchangeableparts, on Flickr

this has used the trees and the shadows to great effect to get an amazing effect. Notice how the low diffused light gives a great depth and color to the pic

Golden Hour Doe by Spring Noel, on Flickr

 

[sujoyp]

yaah yaah soo try something na...I will see if tomorrow there is some sunshine I will take something in morning golden hr

 

[nac]

But u guys are just taking silhouette...but in example there is no silhouette..

Guys think of some other compositions...something new

Isn't the camel shot, silhouette??

If I have to get something similar to the sample images, I don't think I can try to the first two (rim and flare) with the set up I have. I can try the third one (landscape), just have to scout for location.

 

[Gen.Libeb]

Isn't the camel shot, silhouette??

If I have to get something similar to the sample images, I don't think I can try to the first two (rim and flare) with the set up I have. I can try the third one (landscape), just have to scout for location.

For the rim lighting one, you actually need to be careful with the metering mode, the spot one worked for me for ok results. But I get overexposed background. ... now that I see, they example has blown out sky too.

 

[sujoyp]

In all the examples I can see details of subject and none of them is black out...thats the reason I havent blacked out my subject and you can see the details of shield and its muscles ...

 

[nac]

you can see the details of shield and its muscles ...

If I look hard, I could see your muscles too from the shield reflection

For the rim lighting one, you actually need to be careful with the metering mode, the spot one worked for me for ok results. But I get overexposed background. ... now that I see, they example has blown out sky too.

How much a pair of reflectors would cost? That would help to make the image from OK to BETTER.

 

[sujoyp]

24inch reflectors cost 500 for one side white other side silver ....5 reflectors pack of 42inch will cost 900-1200 I wanted to buy one but didnt have any shoot to test

24 inch one is very small just size of a thali ...42 inch is big for full body portrait

 

[izzikio_rage]

24inch reflectors cost 500 for one side white other side silver ....5 reflectors pack of 42inch will cost 900-1200 I wanted to buy one but didnt have any shoot to test

24 inch one is very small just size of a thali ...42 inch is big for full body portrait

Actually, a reflector is the easiest thing to make at home. You can literally use a steel thali for this, or a big piece of thermocol or chart paper.

 

[sujoyp]

yaah amlan you are right but the thing you buy from market folds very small ...the 24inch one can be folded into your bag

 

[izzikio_rage]

Damn, ever since I started this project the sun has decided not to show up in Delhi. First few days we had a frozen hour in place of the golden hour at sunrise. Sat, I decided to shoot at sunset to get these shots in and it started raining . Fingers crossed for the rest of the week.

 

[sujoyp]

hmmm similarly we had cloudy weather from 2 days ...

 

[izzikio_rage]

Ok, after failing miserably to see the sun god over the past one week I decided to cheat. Went to some malls that had really bright halogens, put my cam to cloudy mode and clicked this.

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Nightly strolls by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

People who're lucky enough to see the sun, start clicking this weekend

 

[sujoyp]

I am lucky here...will go to garden early this time...I want to shoot green bee eater in golden hour...till now I used to search for kingfisher 1st

 

[nac]

Project: Golden hour Photography

Entry # 2

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Shot RAW, it's the sole reason behind we see so much details in this image.

 

[sujoyp]

Ground details look good nac...but donno y the sun and cloud looks strange