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- Mike Beaton
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Firstly, for all these shots I share dual credit with Chris D - for lending kit, advice, being an extra hand and occasionally being the one pressing the magic button.
This came about after stumbling across a website bemoaning the lack of good close-up shots of the human eye. It showed a few examples and I was hit by the notion that I had to give this a try.
A couple of false starts. Forgot I had a set of (nasty, cheap) macro screw-on lenses for my nifty-fifty. I was very short of light in my little FTE room - so I called Chris over with his flash and wireless triggers.
Anyway, I got to shooting and got three frames that I liked, which you'll see below. C&C very welcome, as ever
#1 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This was the first one we got that we both took a liking too. Fairly minimal PP on it - the only major PP I applied to all three images was a "High-Pass, Soft-Light" Sharpening - which brought the images up wonderfully.
#2 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This one is of Chris' eye (I don't have two different coloured eyes - though I once knew a girl who did... different story). Annoyed about the reflection but short of a bunch of softboxes and darkroom, what am I going to do? Again, little PP - just levels and a small boot to the colour of the iris.
#3 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This is my favourite from this little set. Much more PP to really pick out the Iris in all it's glory. As an aside, if anyone knows why I have a little orange spec in my right iris - it's been bugging me for years!
Thanks for looking!
M
This came about after stumbling across a website bemoaning the lack of good close-up shots of the human eye. It showed a few examples and I was hit by the notion that I had to give this a try.
A couple of false starts. Forgot I had a set of (nasty, cheap) macro screw-on lenses for my nifty-fifty. I was very short of light in my little FTE room - so I called Chris over with his flash and wireless triggers.
Anyway, I got to shooting and got three frames that I liked, which you'll see below. C&C very welcome, as ever
#1 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This was the first one we got that we both took a liking too. Fairly minimal PP on it - the only major PP I applied to all three images was a "High-Pass, Soft-Light" Sharpening - which brought the images up wonderfully.
#2 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This one is of Chris' eye (I don't have two different coloured eyes - though I once knew a girl who did... different story). Annoyed about the reflection but short of a bunch of softboxes and darkroom, what am I going to do? Again, little PP - just levels and a small boot to the colour of the iris.
#3 - 1/50 f/11 ISO400
This is my favourite from this little set. Much more PP to really pick out the Iris in all it's glory. As an aside, if anyone knows why I have a little orange spec in my right iris - it's been bugging me for years!
Thanks for looking!
M
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