May 2017 - Level 2 Photography Assignment - Top Light

[Marko]

Hi everyone,

This month's level 2 photo assignment is 'Top light'.
Assignments should be posted right here in this thread.
Okay then who will post first?
Level 1 assignment is here (http://www.photography.ca/Forums/photo-assignments/24327-may-2017-photography-assignment-brand-new.html).

[theantiquetiger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4186/33646319494_2edd0a0d02_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TgdbyN)ruins1 (https://flic.kr/p/TgdbyN) by Chris Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[mbrager]

I'd been wondering what Top Light was exactly. Thanks for the great example.

[Marko]

Top light is any light from the top.
In this case it's from the top-back, and it has created a striking image for sure. Well done!

[Runmonty]

This isnt what I was planning for this assignment, but when I saw this scene I thought of AT's photo above and thought that perhaps crepuscular rays may also fit?

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4192/34408610702_5832c71807_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Uqz8bE)Crepuscular rays (https://flic.kr/p/Uqz8bE) by Dwayne (https://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

[Marko]

yup works great! everything works here!
I call this type of light God light, but you can use your fancy science. I bet you even use zippers in your parts. :)

[Runmonty]

What is this god of which you speak? Just showing my rationalist ,scientific bent (although I had the check the spelling of crepuscular)

No, I only have zippers in my pants - definitely not in my parts :)

[theantiquetiger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4248/34031826284_c0acc8aa8e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TRh1iA)wdw17-4a (https://flic.kr/p/TRh1iA) by Chris Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[mbrager]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4268/34491315410_367d16a947_b.jpg

[Marko]

really dig the portrait AT.
Mbrager, excellent example and cool image

[theantiquetiger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4275/34740636412_408ec3a341_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UVUQRS)wdw17-20 (https://flic.kr/p/UVUQRS) by Chris Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[theantiquetiger]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4224/34530550500_8e85b8e5e9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UBm6CY)wdw17-37 (https://flic.kr/p/UBm6CY) by Chris Campbell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theantiquetiger/), on Flickr

[Marko]

fun additions AT - really dig the shadows and sun in shot 2

[Barefoot]

This was suppose to be my entry into the “Top Light” a month or so back, but I was working twelve a day on the road and living in a motel room. Pretty hard to get motivated in a $2 room after a long day in the salt mines.

I took a piece of expanded metal 2' wide X 3' long and covered it with a red gel and a white back. I fashioned a tunnel of sorts in the long direction to cover the three stainless spheres. Made everything in the room as black as I could and shot it top light at f/16 for 10 sec, iso 125, and a focal length of 300mm.

I'm gonna tuck it away in here just because it cost me a few bucks to make it. :)



http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy94/CircleOfConfussion/Red%20Sphere_zpsmdpzqbrj.jpg (http://s781.photobucket.com/user/CircleOfConfussion/media/Red%20Sphere_zpsmdpzqbrj.jpg.html)


Opps! Seems as though photobucket has a policy change.

[Marko]

not seeing the image....

[theantiquetiger]

not seeing the image....

Yes, Photobucket started about a month ago trying to charge people $10 a month to share images on the internet. I'm in the same boat, need to find a new on line imaging host. I don't want to use my Flickr. There is something called Imgur, I'm going to look into them. I used Photobucket to save phone images and funny images/gifs off the Internet.

[Barefoot]

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Yes, Photobucket started about a month ago trying to charge people $10 a month to share images on the internet. I'm in the same boat, need to find a new on line imaging host. I don't want to use my Flickr. There is something called Imgur, I'm going to look into them. I used Photobucket to save phone images and funny images/gifs off the Internet.

OK, then. You and me both.

[Marko]

REALLY dig this image!!! thx for reposting it.

[Barefoot]

REALLY dig this image!!! thx for reposting it.

Thanks, Marko. I think I need a rim light, though. Don't you?

[Marko]

need? no.