Ghosts of Waikiki

[RustySterling]

I just got back from a vacation in Hawaii. We stayed in a nice place on Waikiki Beach. I played around with second curtain flash a lot taking shots of my wife and me on the balcony at sunset. One evening I tried something else. First of all I used a Canon 580EX II flash off camera with a small softbox. I exposed for the background, with a shutter speed of 30 seconds. The flash was set for second curtain in manual mode with power at 1/16th. I stood on one side for about 25 seconds then moved to the other side and waited for the flash. I did this a few times at different shutter speeds and liked the early results but tried to refine it more. I was happy with what you see below because the two ghost images are about evenly exposed (not perfectly evenly but close enough to satisfy me). BTW, this was not photoshopped at all. I did some work in ACR and that was it. White balance is a little warm to me and I'll revisit that later when I go back to edit.

Here is the EXIF:

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon ES 24-105mm f/4L
Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired

And here is the image:

[leonaashlee]

Rusty, this is really very cool...I love it.

[RustySterling]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

Rusty, this is really very cool...I love it.

Thanks Leona. I'm very happy with the say it turned out and it is a technique I'll keep in mind for the future.

[FDCPR]

Good work Rusty, I tried this before but never with the results you achieved. I'll try your method now, thanks.

[RustySterling]

Originally Posted by FDCPR

Good work Rusty, I tried this before but never with the results you achieved. I'll try your method now, thanks.

Thanks. Hope my technique helps you.

[Sheriliz]

How cool. You are really good.

[picnik]

This is awesome.
I hope you enjoyed your vacation... you visited my home town. (well, same Island )

[RustySterling]

Originally Posted by picnik

This is awesome.
I hope you enjoyed your vacation... you visited my home town. (well, same Island )

Well, I wish I had known. I'd have had a Mai Tai for you. Come to think of it I might have had one for you anyway I had so many.

Originally Posted by Sheriliz

How cool. You are really good.

Thank you. I was just playing around but then again that's usually when I learn something really cool.

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Rusty - wow .. that's awesome ... now - you do have some photos of that beautiful island, right? .. I mean, you traveled all this far ...... let's see those beautiful images ..

[RustySterling]

Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hi Rusty - wow .. that's awesome ... now - you do have some photos of that beautiful island, right? .. I mean, you traveled all this far ...... let's see those beautiful images ..

You bet I have. I'll put them up tomorrow in another SYS thread.