Lighting: AlienBee Ab800 shot into a half submerged translucent storage bin (10L white bucket). Camera left and high above. This acted like a giant stofen and transmitted the light underwater. Full power.
Triggering was tricky. the RF energy from my cybersyncs couldn't reach the flash from underwater - the water sucks up the 2.3Mhz energy. So I floated a second cybersync receiver in relay mode in a tupperware container above my head. The trigger could reach the relay, which then fired the main flash.
Backdrop was a black waterproof cloth sunk in the pool.
The blue glow is blooming from the not-so-clear water.
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Strobist info: Canon 580 EXII through reflective umbrella camera right. Nikon SB600 Behind bride. Triggered via modified Cactus V2s.
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From Bethany and Paul's engagement photos.
Added selective focus in Photoshop, as well as some levels.
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Lighting info: Canon 580 EXII camera left, through a sheet of copy paper taped to the side of the coffee machine. 2nd 580EXII camera right also through a sheet of paper taped to the right side. Both snooted to control spill and flare. Triggered via e-TTL wireless, using an off camera shoe cord to the left flash, and wireless to the right flash.
Using techniques gleaned from the book Light: Science and Magic, specifically dark-field lighting.
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This is a collage of 50 or so images taken with an EF85mm f/1.2L lens. The full image is around 100 megapixels :)
This technique is called a bokeh panorama or "Brenizer method". It gives the depth of field of a large aperture long telephoto lens witht he field of view of a wide angle lens. According to Brett Maxwell's Brenizer method calculator to take this photo in a single frame would require a 21mm f/0.35 lens :)
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