Portraits of the Season

The fall leaves wont last long so I broke out the camera. Also it snowed last night....and it has never snowed this early so i had to get some photos of the snow on the leaves. Plus i havnt posted in this section for a long time lol

The last 3.....i brought the leaves indoors and did a little 3 point lighting/studio kinda thing....just for a different effect.

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Portraits of the Season


(forgive the heavy watermarking)

very nice pics but the watermarking is annoying and i will not FORGIVE IT! DIE! =)

Hey Rodder,

Those are nice pics. How'd you get the 3 point lighting in there? How do you set it up exactly? And do you use a flash on it as well?

Great pics man.

watermarking is annoying and i will not FORGIVE IT! DIE! =)

I take credit cards :-P. Yeah I know its annoying..but its just my personal/paranoid nature lol.

How'd you get the 3 point lighting in there? How do you set it up exactly? And do you use a flash on it as well?

I used 3 stretchable desk lamps. One I placed infront (about a 55 degree angle) and to the left. A second lamp (dimmer...roughly 1/2-3/4 of the first) i placed infront (about a 25 degree angle..[below the first]) to the right...then then 3rd (3/4 dimmer than the first) i placed behind....opposite the angle of the first lamp on the left. It wasnt exact science ( i dont have "equipment" ) so i used flash also...which i set to an intensity of -2.0 on my camera...that way the flash wouldnt wash out the picture...yet the lighting got a little "boost". The leaves were set on a piece of 19x24 Bristol board (vellum finish..its smooth reflects light well) and i bent the board up...so it created a curved background (no folds).

Rodder,

Thanks for the tips, I think I'm going to give it shot and play with the lighting. Those are great pics.

Not too shabby. Good job.

great shots, man. I'm impressed!

the watermarking is a bit paranoid, though :D

I want more! Keep posting your photography.

awesome pictures man but ahem.. WHAT is that white stuff tho! it looks EVIL TO ME.

very nice! What type of camera do you have?

Olympus C-700UZ.

Also I used fully manual on the pics....i rarely use automatic mode. I dont know the exact settings.....but im sure they were around F/3.5 and 1/50 for exposure.