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edG
11-21-2011, 11:08 PM
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6380517845_8ec33d950d_b.jpg

after putting in a 10 hour day on the tools, I decided to test out my new 43" octabox and backdrop set-up

Main light is the octabox (http://www.fjwestcott.com/newgear/apollo/2336.cfm) with SB 600 at 1/2 power camera right on 45 and 7.5' up
Fill light is 28" Apollo softbox (http://www.fjwestcott.com/products/product.cfm?itemnum=2334&tbl=products&head=haloapollo)with SB 600 1/8 power directly behind camera 8' up

additional fill provided by a 42" Litedisc on a stand angled to 30 degrees directly in front of subject with whiteside facing up

back drop was lit with one Mini wide optical slave off to right side of subject about 5 feet away from backdrop

Speedlights were triggered wirelessly with a Cactus V4 tranmitter and triggers

Camera - Nikon D5000 with Tamron 2.8 90mm macro lens

JAS_Photo
11-22-2011, 03:43 AM
THat's a very nice portrait, Ed! The light looks good and I like the B&W conversion.

Richard
11-22-2011, 04:50 AM
Excellent portrait Ed, and thanks for your detailed lighting description.

edG
11-22-2011, 07:27 AM
Thanks JAS and Richard. The B&W conversion was done in Lr 3.5 using a preset that emulates Ilfords Pan F 50 B&W film, slightly tweaked. Really enjoying how these pop-up modifiers work and the quality of light you can get with them.

thoughton
11-23-2011, 05:50 AM
This is a great portrait, very nicely done. Like the landscape format. Really nice tones, pro background, and I like the 'rabbit in the headlights' expression :)

Marko
11-23-2011, 10:34 AM
Nice self portrait ed - dig the overall sharpness, lighting and the bw conversion here.

edG
11-23-2011, 06:12 PM
Thanks Tim and Marko!

susan
12-04-2011, 01:44 PM
Love this! texture, mood, intensity, background, light --- all wonderful!

edG
12-04-2011, 03:15 PM
Cheers Susan!

AcadieLibre
12-04-2011, 05:20 PM
This one I really like, the B&W on this one is bang on. Well done, now I am getting in the mood to attempt some self portraits myself now.

edG
12-04-2011, 05:44 PM
Thanks AL, appreciate the feedback and I look forward to seeing your self portrait.

AcadieLibre
12-04-2011, 08:15 PM
Thanks AL, appreciate the feedback and I look forward to seeing your self portrait.

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves lol ..... I may hate them ...