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VikingPhotography Forum Regular Registered: July 2006 Location: Just south of Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 733	· Date: Wed May 7, 2008 · Views: 111 · Filesize: 202.8kb · Dimensions: 600 x 903 ·
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Dave

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Registered: July 2005
Posts: 14,232

Wed May 7, 2008 9:15am

I'm so going to have to buy that 85mm f/1.4 !!! Excellent shot Martin

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Chimpster

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Registered: March 2008
Location: Bristol, England
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Wed May 7, 2008 10:37pm

Stunning shot - absolutely gorgeous girl which no doubt helped

Lovely focus - really striking.

Charlotte

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Location: Romsey, Hampshire
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Thu May 8, 2008 12:31am

I think that new softbox helped a little too

Great lighting

VikingPhotography

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Registered: July 2006
Location: Just south of Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 733

Thu May 8, 2008 1:22pm

This shot was actually taken nearly two years ago; there were no strobes or other artificial light sources - just sunlight coming in through the window (rear) and a Lastolite Tri-grip reflector used to bounce in some front fill light -hence the catchlight to the lower right of Maria's eyes.

The key to the image's look is shooting the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 lens wide open: it has excellent colour, contrast and bokeh at f/1.4 and is a killer portrait lens when you have enough working distance to use it on a DX body.

VikingPhotography

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Registered: July 2006
Location: Just south of Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 733

Thu May 8, 2008 1:25pm

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"absolutely gorgeous girl which no doubt helped"

Would you believe she's not a model - she's a good friend that my wife and I have known for years!

Charlotte

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Registered: December 2006
Location: Romsey, Hampshire
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Thu May 8, 2008 1:33pm

Wow

I'm impressed with that setup VP

I have been eyeing that lens (as referred to me by Orangepeel), wondering if it will be useful for the wedding I will be shooting in a few months time

This shot has such a fabulous soft glow to it, which is why I thought you'd used the softbox you recently acquired. Just goes to show you the different ways you can achieve a particular 'look' with different photographic media.

Thanks for sharing the image + info

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