Assignment: "Ghetto Lighting + Reflector" May 13- May 27

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My first try. Used a green cold cathode from my pc as a light source and a cd as the reflector.



Used the following setup, but used only the green light for the shot.


Nikon D90
1/25 sec
f/22
105mm
ISO 1600
No flash
UV Filter

[davidjcole1965]

Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Exposure: 0.2 sec (1/5)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off,

[Miss Mae]

Well, I can see how important reflected light can be in a shot. I used my soft-light box that I made last week, set up one desk light on the left side. I rolled up the muslin on the right side and replaced it with a piece of cardboard covered with foil. I have the same image on my flickr site with no reflector - I kept everything else the same, and you can see how much the reflector added to the quality of the light. Thanks DPS I would never have done this without this assignment! I learned a lot and now have a great little light box, and an appreciation for reflected light!

Picture of setup: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/...fbeba9c6_b.jpg


Taken: May 22, 2008
Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 58 mm
Exposure: +0.19
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +1 EV
Flash: No Flash

[JacquelineU]

Assignment: Ghetto Lighting + Reflector
Camera: Sony DSLR-A300
Lens: 40mm (18-70mm lens + 12 mm extension tube)
Date taken: 05-22-2009, 4:41:59 PM, Houston, TX
ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 8
Aperture: f/16



I used a flashlight and a mirror to bounce the light to the back of the rose.

[aragona]

I chose the same subject for this week's entry as I used in the last assignment because I really wanted to see the difference adding a reflector would make.

I took this image under the same lighting conditions as last week. I used the overhead kitchen lights and light coming in from another room, no flash. I added a mirror to the right side of the image (doll's left) as my reflector. I took the image from the same angle as last time but cropped out the portion of the image that would have shown the reflection of my stove (using my camera viewfinder). In last week's image I had to blur this out, post-production.

The addition of the mirror as a reflector causes a subtle change but I do believe it makes the image overall a better one. As you can see, the boy's umbrella has better definition in this image than it had in the previous image and the lighting on the doll seems softer and more consistent overall. Or - maybe it's just my imagination.

Date Taken: 5/22/09
f/2.8
exposure: 1 sec
ISO 200
focal length 6mm




Here is last week's images for comparison (second entry not part of this week's contest):

[GlimpseofLife]

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Took this in my kitchen, using dropped lighting from my ceiling. This was the first day of Summer Vacation for my son. After sleeping most the day, he was ready for dinner.

[jpaplia]

This is a ceramic boat my brother made (I guess he named it the Black Pearl .. kinda lame lol). Light is from a flashlight to the right and a little behind it reflected off of a plain white t-shirt.



comments and critiques always appreciated!

Date taken: May 22, 2009
Camera: Nikon D40
ISO: 1600
Shutter speed: 1/1.6
Aperture: f/5
Exp. +/- : +0.7
Focal length: 18mm
Flash: did not fire

touched up a little in Adobe Photoshop

[digitalamature]

Yikes! I hope this is correct. I just joined DPS tonight and this is my first post. It looked like everyone was having just a good time, I wanted to play too.

This is a metal mask; shot against red display foam board; dark blue foam board on top to minimize light; white board for the surface and reflecting natural defused light throught a sheer curtain off a white display foam board to the right:



Assignment: Ghetto Lighting + Reflector
Date Taken: 22 May 2009
Camera Maker: NIKON
Camera Model: CoolPix L100
F-Stop: f/3.5
Exposure Time: 1/5 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-3200
Exposure Bias: 0 step
Focal Length: 5 mm
Max Apeture: 3.6
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: NONE
35mm Focal Length: 28

[Up North Photos]

for Assignment: "Ghetto Lighting + Reflector" Date taken May 22



Taken by the diffused sunlight coming from behind the camera and using a pen light and aluminum foil reflector from the left. These African Violets show their true colors and the leaves dance in the light.

Exif Data:
Camera: Pentax K20D
Exposure: 0.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
Focal Length: 200.0 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

File Size: 1945 kB
File Type: JPEG

More data on my flickr page.

[Claress]

I had such fun with this assignment! I'm really pleased with the shots I got, but this is one of my favourites.

The lighting set up consisted of a halogen builders work light with white diffusion material in front of it. This was placed on the right hand side and a large piece of white card was used on the left side as a reflector. The backdrop consisted of a white sheet.

Canon 40D
50mm F1.8 prime
ISO 200
Aperture: 1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/100s
Converted to black and white in Lightroom