PROJECT 52-2-18 Lighting: Frontlighting

[mithrandir]

Week 18 begins 9 weeks of Lighting Projects. This week we deal with Frontlighting. For the purposes of this project we use the following definition:

Frontlighting: Light shining from the direction of the camera toward the subject. It can be natural light (The Sun/Moon etc.) or artificial light (candles, fires, flash, lamp, etc.).

(Pictures for week 18 competition to be taken and posted between 20091108 AND 20091115).

NOTE: We have two Seasonal competitions planned for the last two weeks of year two. You may take pictures for these anytime between 20090705 and the posting dates of 20100704 or 20100711. This way you can include your favorite holiday or season whenever it occurs during the year.

Rules:
1. Anyone and everyone who is interested in eligible. The goal continues to be
have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques with fellow
Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-2 thread for the week. Explain what
motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color
saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post
black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
6. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is
active to be eligible for judging.
7. Any picture taken from 20090705 to listed closing date is acceptable for the
two “Seasonal” competitions – Projects 52-2-51 & 52.

Full information is available at Thread Project 52-2

[Ash]

OK, I'll start - rural train line lit by the late afternoon sun.

[Bramela]

Another Aussie entry to back up Ash

China Doll Rose

[mithrandir]

I always look forward to that Aussie get-with-it attitude. It really motivates the rest of us.

[Bramela]

That's our pleasure, and we appreciate that comment to be sure

[mithrandir]

When I got home from church today, I saw this cluster of leaves on the red maple in front of my house. It was receiving frontlighting, but I noticed that some shadows from the leaves above added interest to what would have been a rather flat shot. I underexposed the shot to retain as much detail as possible in the harsh lighting. When bringing the exposure back in Lightroom, I adjusted the curve slightly for contrast and framed the shot with a preset I have developed.



Red Maple

[jheu02]

Had great lighting yesterday, but was using a "long" lens that didn't have the contrast I wanted. So today, I awakened to partly cloudy Anywho, the sun did come out for a little and I was able to capture this, which I think represents frontlighting very nicely. I too liked the play of the shadows from some of the leaves on others.

SMC-A 28mm
F2.8
1/250
ISO 100
C-Pl

Adjusted levels for slightly better contrast and sharpened by 1 pix after resizing.

[Rense]

Bump. Feel free to contribute!!!

[bbluesman]

Thanks for the pressure Rense! here is my contribution from Taichung's main market.

[JanVan]

Hardly any sunbeams today. Last week was better, like sunday the 8th at the and of the morning.

[Rense]

Okay, this one is closed and I will judge the entrances this evening (that means: now...).