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Comments:
11 Mar 2010 Wolfgang55 said:I love this photograph, very creative! Bill
11 Mar 2010 User said:Nice. I like the minimalism here.
18 Mar 2010 User said:Nice.... just nice, cool.
23 Mar 2010 User said:outstanding!
Nice work...
24 Mar 2010 Tavi said:Good idea! Original!
26 Mar 2010 User said:Beautiful job - you're very talented!
10 Mar 2011 User said:very well done, great creativity and a great result...
10 Mar 2011 espeto68 said:Beautiful shot! Nice work!
12 Mar 2011 User said:Love everything about this photo and the movement shown with the rain adds perfection!
25 Apr 2011 dewy said:Great work, I will draw from your creativity, you have inspired me!
02 Jan 2012 User said:Love the creativity of this shot! Awesome shot!
09 Jan 2012 lynngail said:cool. creative. knowing your equipment. a favorite. will look for more from you.
05 Apr 2012 ebello said:Creative job. Brilliant talent....
17 Jan 2014 Paul A T said:Consciously or unconsciously the book you have used has reflected some nice fill light back onto your face. Great image, love the effect and the creativity.
24 Mar 2015 DennisOwens said:Excellent image!!! 10 of 10! Very creative use of the Nikon Creative Lighting System. The only thing I would have done different would be to use Rear Curtain Flash. This would have made the rain drops look as they would be going down versus going up. Brilliant image!!! Well deserved winner here! I also must say that your image gallery is spectacular.
22 Aug 2015 joselu said:Estupenda.
Enhorabuena.
27 Jan 2016 NikorNaut said:Nice job! a creative use of flash. I personally like the way the raindrop trails make it look like it's raining UP...
24 Mar 2016 JandE said:FANTASTIC!!!
I just showed my wife this photo, she was amazed and you have inspired us both.
30 Mar 2016 ellyrussell said:What a fabulous picture!
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Tripod Mounted D700 Nikon 50mm 1.8 Lens Nikon SB-600 Speedlight in Umbrella 2 Second Exposure @ f/8 For this shot I set my D700 up inside the house, facing outward. I placed my SB-600 unit up inside the metal frame of an umbrella and the sensor on the front of the speedlight secured it within that framework so that I didn't have to tie it down each time. This was a big deal because I would have had to find string or something similar around the house and who has time for that? The flash was set to TTL with a negative EV dialed in as to not overpower the shot with blown areas, and I began with the camera set to about 1/125th of a second. This produced some nice shots but the rain was frozen as round droplets and it didn't give the desired effect. So, I began to slow the shutter down to draw out the droplets into streaks as you see above. Now, the flash is what freezes the action and not the shutter, in this instance. You might think that slowing the shutter speed down to 2 seconds wouldn't have an impact on the look of the photo because the flash should still do its thing for the fraction of a second it's firing. My guess is that the Nikon CLS was maintaining communication between the camera and the flash and when I slowed the shutter down on-camera, the camera then told the flash to extend accordingly, providing a longer period of time during which the drops could be seen. I grabbed some glasses and a book from the shelf to add some weirdness, and to ensure that my wife called me a 'big dork,' and was good to go...
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