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NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited September 15, 2009 in Go Figure
Last Sunday I had another chance to work on my ongoing silhouettes and bodyscapes project. We started with the poses and lighting setups I was sure would work fine, and then switched to some new stuff.

As I mentioned earlier in my tease post, this was the first time I used shooting stand, at least initially. It worked great for the whole body shots. But when it got to closeups I took the camera off the stand and shot old-style...


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#2: IMG_9150.jpg

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#3: IMG_9208.jpg

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#4: Back Hair Flick.jpg

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#5: IMG_9288.jpg

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#6: IMG_9319.jpg

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#7: IMG_9284.jpg

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#8: IMG_9268.jpg

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#9: IMG_9262.jpg

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Enjoy! C&C welcome!

This post was made with the assistance of Star*Explorer
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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    D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    Enjoy! C&C welcome!


    No words.
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    zoinkzzoinkz Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 26, 2009
    I am really enjoying these thanks for posting them. 3 & 5 are my favorites.
    Bryan Elliott
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    zonk6719zonk6719 Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins
    edited June 26, 2009
    These are awesome! I like 4 & 9 they are different. Great Series!!!!
    Learning as I go!!
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    dogwooddogwood Registered Users Posts: 2,572 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2009
    These are great! Nice work. thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2009
    D'buggs, Zoinkz - thanks guys! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2009
    Really interesting set, but #5 really takes the cake in my opinion. thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2009
    Llywellyn wrote:
    Really interesting set, but #5 really takes the cake in my opinion. thumb.gif
    Thank you Kerry! thumb.gif
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    wadesworldwadesworld Registered Users Posts: 139 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2009
    Love all your work Nikolai!

    My only comment would be in #3, it appears she's either sucking in her stomach dramatically or perhaps it's just the pose, since she doesn't appear to have much of a stomach. :)

    In any case the protrusion of her rib cage is hurting the picture I think. She's almost got a second set of "humps" there. I didn't notice it on my first glance, but the more I looked at it, the more it bothered me.

    Just something to consider.
    Wade Williams
    Nikon D300, 18-135/3.5-5.6, 70-300/4.5-5.6, SB800
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2009
    wadesworld wrote:
    Love all your work Nikolai!

    My only comment would be in #3, it appears she's either sucking in her stomach dramatically or perhaps it's just the pose, since she doesn't appear to have much of a stomach. :)

    In any case the protrusion of her rib cage is hurting the picture I think. She's almost got a second set of "humps" there. I didn't notice it on my first glance, but the more I looked at it, the more it bothered me.

    Just something to consider.

    Thanks Wade, appreciate the C&C! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    L40L40 Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited June 30, 2009
    FWIW: For me #5 stands out...beautiful.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2009
    L40 wrote:
    FWIW: For me #5 stands out...beautiful.
    Thanks, L! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:


    572306870_KcJGP-L.jpg


    574095734_8gGJy-XL.jpg

    Excellent examples of what light and pose can do. The top photo shows off the strength and power in her legs as the other paints a completely different picture of being more elongated. Its as though these images are of two different people.


    Once again, thanks for the demo. :D
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2009
    D'Buggs wrote:
    Excellent examples of what light and pose can do. The top photo shows off the strength and power in her legs as the other paints a completely different picture of being more elongated. Its as though these images are of two different people.

    Once again, thanks for the demo. :D
    Thank you! Yeah, those two *are* different.... meant to be:-) She loved both though:-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    She loved both though:-) mwink.gif

    No doubt. As do I.
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    kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited July 2, 2009
    These are amazing, Nikolai. eek7.gif

    Some of the best lighting I've ever seen. bowdown.gif

    Dumb question, but is that back-hair flip selective color?

    Cheers,
    -joel (aka f-stop)
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2009
    kdog wrote:
    These are amazing, Nikolai. eek7.gif

    Some of the best lighting I've ever seen. bowdown.gif

    Dumb question, but is that back-hair flip selective color?

    Cheers,
    -joel (aka f-stop)
    Hey Joel,
    thanks! thumb.gif
    Re: selective color. Yes. It was pretty easy in this case, just a masked bw layer... Original is lowkey with black bg, which makes the job almost too simple... mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2009
    Nik -
    Very nice I like #5 , #6 & #8, with the oh-so-slight C&C on #8 to PS out the red hair between the center and left panels.

    Keep up the excellent work thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2009
    jdryan3 wrote:
    Nik -
    Very nice I like #5 , #6 & #8, with the oh-so-slight C&C on #8 to PS out the red hair between the center and left panels.

    Keep up the excellent work thumb.gif
    Thanks Shutter, apreciate it! thumb.gif
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    HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2009
    Nikolia, this batch really rocks!!
    Charles
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    CCoopCCoop Registered Users Posts: 511 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2009
    You can work the light
    My first thought is the skilled use of lighting. Then it occurred to me: the skill of the model in presenting such interesting poses. ccoop
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    anorianori Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    no comment..clap.gifthumb
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    Hackbone wrote:
    Nikolia, this batch really rocks!!
    thanks, man! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    CCoop wrote:
    My first thought is the skilled use of lighting. Then it occurred to me: the skill of the model in presenting such interesting poses. ccoop
    Thanks you!
    And since the shoot was heavily directed by yours truly - double thanks! mwink.gifthumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    anori wrote:
    no comment..clap.gifthumb
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    kerrbear76kerrbear76 Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited August 27, 2009
    Nicely done
    but overall I have to say #7 is by far my fav.
    Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired- Robert Frost
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2009
    kerrbear76 wrote:
    but overall I have to say #7 is by far my fav.
    I take what I get:-) Thanks! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 29, 2009
    I can see why you call these "bodyscapes", especially for #3--love this photograph--just stunning.
    Liz A.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    lizzard_nyc wrote:
    I can see why you call these "bodyscapes", especially for #3--love this photograph--just stunning.
    Liz, thank you! thumb.gif
    The term existed long before me, but I did like the idea, and with the help of some willing and talented models I grew to like it even more...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    chrismoorechrismoore Registered Users Posts: 1,083 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2009
    Hi Nikolai, these are awesome thumb.gif
    I'm a novice at portrait/lighting like this, but I would like to try this. Could you give some brief insight into how you created the shots, perhaps using #2 as an example?
    ie, how many flash units and where? did you stop down from the proper exposure to give the low key look?
    Thanks so much for the help.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2009
    chrismoore wrote:
    Hi Nikolai, these are awesome thumb.gif
    I'm a novice at portrait/lighting like this, but I would like to try this. Could you give some brief insight into how you created the shots, perhaps using #2 as an example?
    ie, how many flash units and where? did you stop down from the proper exposure to give the low key look?
    Thanks so much for the help.
    Thank you!
    These are fairly simple actually.
    Two lights on the sides (slightly behind the bench). I used two AB800 units with 2'x4' gridded softboxes. Each threw about f/5.6 measured at the end of the bench, and the shot was with taken at f/4.0. It might have been f/8 and f5.6 respectively, I don't remember now, but the important part is that exposure was 1 stop below the "rim". This is my usual practice when using rim lights, be it lowkey or regular fill...
    HTH
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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