Hazel, Part II: On the bench (18+)

Nikolai

Once we were done with rose it was time to play with some fabric :wink
I kept Hazel on the bench, only asked her to kneel, so she would have more movement freedom.

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Canon 5DMkII + 24-105, ACR 6.1, PS CS5

Enjoy! C&C welcome!
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Candid Arts

Nik, On that last photo, you can see your light just a tad on the left side of the frame, just above where the fabric is reaching towards the edge...easy to clone out...

Excellent work. Just one light?

Nikolai

Candid Arts wrote:

Nik, On that last photo, you can see your light just a tad on the left side of the frame, just above where the fabric is reaching towards the edge...easy to clone out...

Excellent work. Just one light?

Ouch! I thought I cloned it out, but apparently I left that thin line which belnded with the gray wallpaper of PS and I didn't notice this remnant. :bash That's a lesson to me to work on a different BG. Thank you for catchin it up!
Yes, it was kinda one light. I'm still playing with the "Little Dutch Masters" single-window-only-light technique, so I'm using two AB800 untis with their 2x4 "giant" collapsible softboxes set side by side, so effectively they work as a single square 4x4 double diffused (and grided) softbox. I also keep a silver reflector on the opposite side to fill the shadows a bit, barely half a stop.

When she was standing I also added another light to illuminate the fabric itself. You can see the setup shots in this thread:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=164737

Thanks again!

b8264d

These are amazing! I like the way just adding fabric seems to add much more drama and action to the images, though I realize it has more to it than just the fabric. Really nicely done, and always, I really like the lighting.

Nikolai

b8264d wrote:

These are amazing! I like the way just adding fabric seems to add much more drama and action to the images, though I realize it has more to it than just the fabric. Really nicely done, and always, I really like the lighting.

Thank you, appreciate your kind words!

angevin1

Number 4 is so very finely executed. The rest, to me could have well done without the chain. While I enjoy the chain in the others in this series, I think in these it detracts more than aides~

Nikolai

angevin1 wrote:

Number 4 is so very finely executed. The rest, to me could have well done without the chain. While I enjoy the chain in the others in this series, I think in these it detracts more than aides~

Thanks Tom!
Re: chain: we both loved it so much that we didn't want to part with it

angevin1

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks Tom!
Re: chain: we both loved it so much that we didn't want to part with it

Naughty boy!

Nikolai

angevin1 wrote:

Naughty boy!

You have no idea