Anyone want to reverse engineer an image?

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by mw_aurora

Who wants to set the next one then?

That will help to get my brain back in gear, so YES please.

Don

[mw_aurora]

Does that mean you want to set one or want one set Don?

I continue to have very limited time - this is my first full autumn in New England for the colour (should be handy for this month's comp ), so I will be grabbing every available moment to shoot leaves and I have visting family over the next couple of weeks too!

[Don Hoey]

I would not want to divert you away from your Autumn project Mark, so I will get my thinking cap on.

Don

[Canis Vulpes]

Its difficult for Don and I to set a photo to reverse engineer as we write-up most of our shots that use flash. Here is one that I don't think I wrote up and if I did it would be good reading trawling through the flash photography board for clues.

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by Canis Vulpes

Its difficult for Don and I to set a photo to reverse engineer as we write-up most of our shots that use flash.

Now if that not a challenge I don't know what is.

Other stuff to do first in reply to a Sassan post see ' Advice on 35mm to buy for photography class '


Don

[Don Hoey]

Not really fair as this is from the filming of a storm scene so lighting is not at all subtle. Buys me a bit of time though. Large strobes being used to simulate lightning.

This scene is primarily lit by two banks of 48 lights similar to car headlights plus one standard in the movies large Arri light. Lightning is from 2 large strobes and you can see the cable going to one of them.

I have a shot from across the street taken earlier to act as a behind the scenes to post later.

Don

[mw_aurora]

Originally Posted by Canis Vulpes

Its difficult for Don and I to set a photo to reverse engineer as we write-up most of our shots that use flash. Here is one that I don't think I wrote up and if I did it would be good reading trawling through the flash photography board for clues.

After saying I have no time I think I may have some for a while...I managed to throw myself backwards down a cascading stream yesterday and sprained my left hand quite painfully (its OK though, camera and tripod seemed to survive) - using a camera is just too hard at the moment and typing is proving interesting

First guess at this image...one light through white brolly, camera right and fairly close to subject. Maybe some kind of reflector camera left, slightly behind the subject?

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by mw_aurora

First guess at this image...one light through white brolly, camera right and fairly close to subject. Maybe some kind of reflector camera left, slightly behind the subject?

Hope you are well.

First guess is good with correct lighting but positioned incorrectly....

[Don Hoey]

Behind the scenes of my shot of the filming a storm scene.

Don

[mw_aurora]

Originally Posted by Canis Vulpes

Hope you are well.

First guess is good with correct lighting but positioned incorrectly....

So, the brolly must be right of the camera, but similar distance from subject and higher than camera?

Am I close with some kind of reflector on the left?