Friday, November 28, 2008

Cousins

We were in Teague, Texas yesterday for a family Thanksgiving get together and of course I took a few pictures. These two photos are of cousins out playing on a playground. For both shots I had my camera's exposure compensation set to -2 and used a Vivitar flash off-camera with a Lumiquest Mini-Soft Box mounted to a monopod.

Title: "Cousins"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust "Dramatic" preset

Title: "Cousins 2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust "Dramatic" preset with mask to preserve the original exposure of the main subjects face
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2 comments:

  1. LarryNovember 29, 2008 at 6:56 AM

    Nice job on composing the shots and it looks like you’ve got the hang of the Strobist method. The bottom shot [in the tube] is my favorite of the two.

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  2. Barry ArmerNovember 29, 2008 at 9:07 AM

    Thanks Larry!

    I must really like the off camera flash or I would't bother carrying around the extra gear! :-)

    Cheers!
    Barry

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