What type of lighting here?

alaios

Hi,
I am sharing a very nice shot I have found on the internet
http://news247.gr/eidiseis/weekend-edition/article3032706.ece/BINARY/w660/ekso.jpg




I wanted to ask your opinion what you think is going on with the lights. It looks like that the women is being lit by a window and at the same time though her shadow is created from some other light source. Her shade looks much more stronger with the window shadow. Can this be just natural light coming from the window? I think not

Regards
A

David_S85

I think it actually is just natural window light. She is closer to her shadow (making the outlines more crisp) than the window framing which is farther away and might just also sport curtains or some other window treatment that is diffusing the light.

pathfinder

It could also be electronic flash shot from a distance outside a window. I have seen Joe McNally shoot an electronic flash through a window with the flash ~20-25 feet from the window to get sharper shadow margin, in essence trying to re-create the appearance of sunlight

Or it could just be a skylight window with sunlight, but I sgree her shadow is pretty sharp, and dense.

alaios

Hi
it can be natural light and then post processed the womens shadow. My eyes though see the shadow of the woman as fake (or artificial). Does it really matters? Nop. I find the shot great.
This was mostly the reason I started this post.
When the artificial lighting start looking weird? I am spending my time when waiting for the bus looking at professional advertisements and I try to understand the lighting was used (by looking the shadows, their form, and their position). If someone try to look all the shadow all together can see that the model is not any more lit by natural light as they wanted to convey through the advertisement.
'Although none cares... when the artificial light can cause our cognition to see it as "fake".

Regards and have fun
Alex

stormyboy

Not trying to cause problems, but seeking clarification. Are we allowed to post photos that are not ours? I always thought that a link was the preferred procedure?

pathfinder

Thanks for pointing out our dereliction, stormyboy!

I have converted the first post to just a link, not an image.