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This effect was done by shining light directly in the same path as the lens. A half-translucent/half-reflective mirror (as in a "two-way" mirror) was placed in front of the lens at a 45 degree angle, and a beam of light directed on to that.
Like this:
subject
\
darkness \ <-- light
\
^
...
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Light Trails
This style of photography is often referred to as light trails.
Photoshop is not necessarily needed. Effects like this can be achieved on a single photograph without multiple exposures.
1. You need darkness for this style. Even though the photo may end up looking light, absolute darkness is needed do this sort of photography. Usually this ...
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Optically, all this should do is reduce the output power of the flash. The filters on the sensor itself are going to make it so you only get the red green and blue on each pixel. This device would just absorb a bunch of the light that could reach the subject. For example, some of the light to bounce off a red part is going to reach a blue sensor and not ...
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It looks to me like they used a sparkler(hand held firework) and physically drew around the outline of the car and road. To do this of course you would need a very long shutter speed. For example if the outline of the car took 2mins, you would need at a minimum of a 2min exposure. It would also be possible to stack multiple exposures to achieve this if the ...
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There are two factors here. One is the relative brightness the other is how directional the light is. Normally, light comes from multiple sources or is highly reflected. In this case, shadows are soft or non-existent because light hits where the shadow is from other directions than the one that is blocked.
Harsh light is generally very bright and very ...
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I see an equal number of red, green, and blue dots - meaning if you looked at this from sufficient distance, just like looking at TV pixels, this umbrella is really GRAY. Any reflected light from it is also going to be essentially gray unless it's focused as it is in the picture. Meaning the reflection from this will be white light with an equal amount of ...
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When we say "darker shadows," we're really commenting on the contrast between the bright parts and the shadows. Under harsh light, you are correct, the shadows may be just as well lit (or even brighter) than they would be under soft light. But the bright parts are so much brighter that the shadows are darker relative to the bright parts. Instead of being 3 ...
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These photos seem to be shot with softened off-camera flash and long shutter time -
the light trails tell away the long exposure;
sharp model can be explained by having been lit very briefly during that exposure;
there is no "deer in headlights" look, so the flash (or flashes) must have been off-camera;
the shadows have soft boundaries, so there must have ...
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Yes, with the black straws, it is going to absorb most of the light that does not go directly through the straws. The smaller in diameter the straws, the more direct the light has to be traveling to get through and the more light will be absorbed.
If the straws were white, it would actually get brighter as the reflected light would be more focused, but it ...
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You're right to a degree. If you consider only one of the cells of the grid, there is less source light available to be projected onto the target — the target "sees" a much smaller part of the light source through each of the cells if the cell diameter is smaller. At the same time, though, you are increasing the number of cells visible at the centre of the ...
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Wow. That is analogous to asking a top chef in a top restaurant what you would need to buy to make food as good as his. Or perhaps asking a surgeon what you would need to buy to be able to repair hearts like he did.
So, now that I have made my point on experience, practice and skill, I will make an attempt to answer your question:
Images such as these are ...
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That looks like a 3D rendering to me!
However to achieve similar results on smaller items you will need:
A Grey backdrop and/or black, and some black side panels
A piece of thin glass to place under the item to create the reflection
Lighting - I would go with a twin-head studio system with soft-boxes (although these seem to use a single source)
a long-ish ...
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Taking a guess at what you probably were looking at based on your description. I'd hazard that they used a manually focused shot with a long shutter and a second curtain flash. It allows for light painting during the exposure of the frame and then at the end of the exposure, a flash is fired and exposes the rest of the image which freezes an in-focus shot ...
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A shadow is where less light is reaching a given area, in comparison to another area. Few spots have zero light, as there is usually a reflection off of the surroundings that is contributing light. It is likely less light, but there is light.
Harsh light gives darker shadows because of the contrast (the in comparison thing). There is a much larger contrast ...
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