Contre Jour, is it the thinking mans' bokeh?

[paulfish4570]

this is about as contre-jour as i can get. son throwing castnet for baitfish. r2m, cv 35/2.5 cs, ap 400, tmax 1+9:

 

[jaredangle]

Nikon D700, 85mm f/1.8.

 

[Rob-F]

vous avez remarqué ... merde

Pourquoi vous avez repondez comme ca? C'est injuste, n'est-ce-pas?

 

[Sparrow]

Pourquoi vous avez repondez comme ca? C'est injuste, n'est-ce-pas?

it was a joke in very poor French, it should only be read in context

 

[alistair.o]

it was a joke in very poor French, it should only be read in context

ecky thump lad! tha knows there's only one language 😀

 

[Sparrow]

by'eck, tha's local then?

 

[alistair.o]

by'eck, tha's local then?

Aye, local as in 'in the UK' - 40/45 miles E/SE of Manchester (i.e. along the A6 and into the hills)

 

[Ezzie]

A mix of cameras, films and formats


Summer has gone #1 by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Morning mist #3 by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Sitting for the setting by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Monolithic church bell tower by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Purple sunrise by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Golden sunrise by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[JackForster]

Sort of missing the point .... the whole point of being different to bokeh is that they don't need that blurry background, the separation of subject and ground is achieved with strong contrast or silhouette

Hi Stewart --so how do you meter a shot like this to get this effect? The foreground has a lot of great detail preserved but there's enough contrast with the backlighting to give it a very strong compositional feel. How do you, you know, do that 😉 .

Jack

 

[JackForster]

M4P, 35/2 asph cron:

I don't know why but I find this shot very affecting. There is something about the composition and the way the figure is caught moving away and out --maybe it's the fact that it's clear she'll be gone in a second or two; there is something about it that is incredibly poignant the longer you look.

J.

 

[gm13]

 

[Sparrow]

Hi Stewart --so how do you meter a shot like this to get this effect? The foreground has a lot of great detail preserved but there's enough contrast with the backlighting to give it a very strong compositional feel. How do you, you know, do that 😉 .

Jack

Sorry I only just spotted this ...

The easy way is an incident reading over the shoulder or a reflected reading from a skin-tone in the shadows then underexpose by 2 or 3 stops.

It allows for some detail to be retained in the shadows, and blows as little of the highlights as possible ... c41 film also helps, xp2 seems to be almost un-blowable in practice

 

[Sparrow]

 

[ampguy]

Thanks Jack

Thanks Jack

I was lens testing and trying to find difficult lighting sources for this image/roll.

I don't know why but I find this shot very affecting. There is something about the composition and the way the figure is caught moving away and out --maybe it's the fact that it's clear she'll be gone in a second or two; there is something about it that is incredibly poignant the longer you look.

J.

 

[Bobfrance]

Untitled by Bobfrance, on Flickr


Untitled by Bobfrance, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[mugent]

I really like your colour shots here, very atmospheric, I'd be delighted to have taken any of them.

A mix of cameras, films and formats


Summer has gone #1 by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Morning mist #3 by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Sitting for the setting by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Monolithic church bell tower by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Purple sunrise by Eirik0304, on Flickr


Golden sunrise by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[agi]

Playing a Part in a Picture-Show by agi500, on Flickr



The Reader by agi500, on Flickr


Shadowy Places You See Light by agi500, on Flickr

All these are shot with the Olympus XA4 @1600....

 

[Sparrow]