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Twilight


 
  Twilight
Twilight
All colors and effects created in-camera.
Nikkor 180 mm, Fujichrome 64T,...mixed lighting

Bob Cammarata

  
 
 

Cristi Bastian 		 

WOW!! I love, love, LOVE this! EXCELLENT composition, colors and DOF! WOW!


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April 30, 2006

 
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Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery 		  Ssuper!!! Love it!!


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April 30, 2006

 
- Linda D. Lester

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Linda D. Lester's Gallery 		  Awesome shot... love the lighting!


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April 30, 2006

 

Bob Cammarata 		  Thanks Cristi, Carolyn and Linda for your nice comments.
I've used this exact same background before on other photos. It's nothing more than a chunk of granite embedded with mica crystals I found lying in the woods. The sunlight reflects off the mica and creates out of focus halos of light.
On this particular photo, I wanted to see if a tungsten-balanced film would help to create the illusion of a star-filled deep blue sky.
To keep the snail shell white, I shined a flashlight on it during exposure. A thin layer of amber celophane was held in place over the flashlight head.


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April 30, 2006

 

Claudette Foote 		  Bob
AMAZING LIGHTING , GREAT DOF AND COMPOSITION,
AWESOME CRAFTMENSHIP..
LOVE IT..


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May 05, 2006

 

Bob Cammarata 		  Thanks Claudette for your nice comments.

Your reference to "craftsmanship" was indeed acurate. The idea and construction of this image was carefully planned.

Sometimes it's fun to play with light.
Trying to predict how an ambient (or applied) light source will react to a film's emulsion represents one of the true challenges that photography has to offer.

In this case the result was almost exactly how I'd envisioned it would be.

Bob


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May 05, 2006

 

Corinne M. Thompson 		  Congrats on having this fantastic image featured in PhotoFlash!


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May 07, 2006

 

Bob Cammarata 		  Thanks Corinne.

I was a pleasant surprise to have this photo appear in PhotoFlash.
(When I saw this, I was still recovering from the shock of BP re-surfacing one of my older photos for the SnapShot Newsletter this week.)

Bob


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May 07, 2006

 

Laura Clay-Ballard 		  I am so in love with this shot! absolutely fabulous in every way!


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May 07, 2006

 

Bob Cammarata 		  Thanks Laura.
I truly appreciate it.


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May 07, 2006

 

Raquel S. 		  Fantastic photo! Extremely beautiful, extremely creative. Awesome job.


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May 09, 2006

 
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