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Ian York | all galleries >> Galleries of Ian York >> PaD - My Life >> PaD 2007 >> September 07 > Metube
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14-SEP-2007 Copyright © Ian York 2007

Metube

Gloucestershire

Sad that I am, this idea came to me in bed at about 2.00am this morning.
I put the camera and flash at the bottom of the stainless steel laundry bin
which was placed outdoors and I just looked down into the bin..

I set the flash to manual on 1/8 power,
set the camera on shutter priority to 1/200 (my max sync speed with flash),
underexposed by 2/3 of a stop to get the sky looking blue.

I remotely triggered the camera – and hey presto. The bit with me in could be better,
But I love the effect.


PS. I notice that the EXIF data says no flash, this is because the flash was off camera
and triggered by a device on the camera hot shoe, this allowed me to position the flash
so that I could bounce the light off the insides of the bin...

::Part of my I Myself Me Collection::

Canon EOS 5D
1/200s f/6.3 at 24.0mm iso50 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time14-Sep-2007 10:12:50
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length24 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent50
Exposure Bias-0.67
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (4)
Focus Distance

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Dave Wixx15-Sep-2007 05:32
Excellent fun shot.
Thanks for all the tips. Great info.
Victoria14-Sep-2007 21:54
Excellent SP............BEAUTIFUL SKY
J. Scott Coile14-Sep-2007 20:35
Hole E Ian ;-)
Guest 14-Sep-2007 20:05
Oh, and I love the title, too!
Guest 14-Sep-2007 20:05
Excellent idea, superb execution!
nordic14-Sep-2007 19:01
top shot mate!
~v~
Ray :)14-Sep-2007 18:50
A laundry bin? I thought you had found some public art to look through!
A well lit face - I really can't handle all the tecchie stuff!
Robin Reid14-Sep-2007 17:09
This is super creative and quite well done. Vote.
Guest 14-Sep-2007 17:08
Very creative SP, Ian.Well done!
Guest 14-Sep-2007 16:02
Very cool.
Scott Browne14-Sep-2007 14:19
Very clever! Well done and nice effect.
Faye White14-Sep-2007 12:53
very clever idea and it turned out great!
Ann...14-Sep-2007 10:59
This framing has a surreal look to it! Nothing surreal about you though! :))
Rose Atkinson14-Sep-2007 10:41
WOW ! This is simply awesome Ian... wonderfully creative, superbly executed. Your reflection around the inside of the shiny bin is the icing on the cake on a beautifully composed shot.
JW14-Sep-2007 09:38
Amazing! I don't know how you think of these shots, and the technical details are always excellent. Big Vote