allan_poker Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Hallo there - can anyone share some info on how this is done - i have an idea that the photographer has used a ringflash - is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 looks to me like it has been photoshopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Well, if it HAD been photoshopped, why didn't they crop it in some sort of useful way? Yeesh! And, would someone <i>deliberately</i> add that background? I don't know, because I have no taste, but still... <br><br> A ringlight does produce that sort of shadow... sort of. But the physics just doesn't look right here, for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlharris Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 If it was just a ringflash, the shadow should be equal sized on all sides. Plus I think I don't think it would be so dark under the chin w/ a ringflasdh. I think it's just on-camera flash & someone playing w/ PS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_ross1 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yup, a ringflash does produce the halo shadow but it will also mostly eliminate the shadow under the chin. You can also tell it's fake because of the quality of shadow. Just some bad photoshop going on here. I tried to find a good picture showing a ringlight but most good ringlight shots use the ringlight as only one small piece of the lighting. This shot at least illustrates what a single ringflash close to the background will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 "How is this done?" Badly in just abouT every respect, starting with pose, chice of clthes, expression, lighting, composition and background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourthst Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Allan, the light falloff on the woman does look like it could be from a ringlight and the shadow does have the same sort of quality a ringlight produces. It could be the image is too small on my computer but I don't see the tell tale highlight in the eyes. On the other hand the shadow behind the subject is easily generated in Photoshop if desired. So to answer your question: It could have been a ringlight but not necessarily so. Only her hairdresser knows for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 so i was right, it was photo shop lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyepasha Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 OK, people, move along, nothing to see here, just keep moving... Rubbernecking PS accidents, yeesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 makes me want to listen to some 70's funk or watch the brady bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_poker Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Dam - this was just a test on how much i could do in photoshop and (sorry for puting you throught this) - I shot in on chromagreen and used primatte and backdrop design. I used a beautydish above and a large softbox beneith camera. When it came to faking a shadow i went for the ringflash look and it was done on 5 - (i dont have that kind of money anyway) - Next time i will fill in the shadow under the chin and put som catchlight in her eyes . Ican see i could have fooled some of you h栨栭 anyway the backdrop and the pose sucks - i dindt have any long uderware to put on her Ellis! -thanks for watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_poker Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 if you ever going to do some compositing - use Digital Tool power mask and forget about shooting and lightning blue/green screen and using primatte - DT power mask is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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