Assignment 19: Shadow Photography -- Congratulations Ade

[Dan Fleming]

Hi All! Denise was the winner of our last assignment with her awesome photo of a flash grid. (Should I admit that at first glance I thought it was mini-pumpkin pies or custards or something?) For this next assignment she has as selected Shadows to be our subject. She says, "I spend a great deal of time generallytrying to eliminateit from my
shots but I'm learningshadow can alsoadd a great deal to a photo! So,
for this assignment shadow can either be the main subject or it can be
used to add additonal interest and creativity tothe photo."





Congratulations to Ade (second picture below)! We'll have a new assignment up soon.











Andy Stringer


"This is a beautiful nature photo and capturing the full shadows of the
penguins addedeven moreoverallinterest and beauty to the
composition!"








Ade


" I love how the shadows play an importantpart in the abstract appeal of
this photo. Ade did a really nice job with applying the concept of
this assignment!"








Dave Johnston


" Theingenuity that Daveput intothis photo is amazing! He went to
great lengths to really capture his vision for this assignment & he
did a great job!"








Banman1


" Capturing the shadows in this photo added a great deal of interestand
then he took that a step further to make an ordinary shot
extraordinary! "


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Steve U


"The shadow of the gazelle is very well done and is downright amusing!
Steve used hishumorous personality andcleverly applied it to this
assignment!"


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[Poll]

[Carlos Lindado]

Shot in Villa de Leyva, Colombia





Canon EOS XSi, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens @ 18 mm, f/3.5, 1/20 sec, ISO 800

[Colin500]

I really like this assignment, here's my entry...


(Unless I come up with something else later).


5D2, 100L, 1/500, ISO 200, f/2.8


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[Pieter]

Carlos, that picture is awesome, the motionblur is very well excecuted!

[Ade]

Agreed, his saddle doesnt look too comfortable though....

[tkerr]

This is an older picture taken with my 350D/XT with a ef 70-300mm lens at 270mm f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/1000s

[Dan Fleming]

Shot in Villa de Leyva, Colombia

No kidding? That's my favorite place in the world. Nice picture too.

[Carlos Lindado]

Shot in Villa de Leyva, Colombia

No kidding? That's my favorite place in the world. Nice picture too.
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Hi Dan, Villa de Leyva is such a beautiful town, I live just 3 hours away. I'm glad you visited it! You can check some pictures in my Flickr gallery

[bob williams]

OK, Here is my submission. Was out shooting birds this afternoon, and looked over and saw this---Played with a little HDR and decided to post it.





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[Dave Johnston]

Ok y'all, I just want to reiterate how ballsy everyone must be to try to followup the cute penguins. So I went the other-way and tried to make something "scary"


Enjoy, or be afraid.... of THE SHADOW MAN!!! [8o|]


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This one was fun to make. First off it was shot using Canon 50D + Tokina 12-24 f4 @ 24mm 1/200" f8 ISO-400. Strobed using 1 430ex 1/32 power bare gelled with CalColor 90 Green camera right and the shadow was yours truly using one 580exII 1/8 power bare gelled with Storaro Red behind camera left all triggered with CTR-301p's. It took a few shots to get the shadow in the right place, but it ended up being a fun shot, and luckily my wife was a good sport. In post I added some noise and a darkness gradient to get the tone I wanted in the bottom of the shadow.


Cheers,


Dave.