Comments on: Coming Home from Kenya

By: Peter Pham

Peter Pham — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:13:30 +0000

Wonderful image captured with a nice angle.

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:45:17 +0000

Sure thing, but it’ll be brief – I’m swamped right now.

Key to this is the light – warm about-to-go-down sun light, in this case just before sunset. I shot it wide – really wide at 17mm on a full-frame – and pushed it in tight to the subject. Then I did a little work on it in Lightroom underexposing the whole image by about a stop and painting a stop of exposure back onto the woman.

If this had been more than a snapshot I would have done that last step in-camera, underexposing the ambient light by a stop and then providing the extra stop of EV on her with an off-camera flash, gelled with 1/2 CTO and shot through a diffuser/umbrella.

Hope this helps!

By: Jeff Cleveland

Jeff Cleveland — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:35:49 +0000

David,

Could you describe the specifics of how you took this shot? I’d love to create shots like this.

By: Mike Todd

Mike Todd — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:09:35 +0000

Welcome home man.

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By: tom

tom — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:58:40 +0000

Yikes, glad your ok. so what the heck happened. Tired? Food? what?
Take care..stay well.

By: wilsonian

wilsonian — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:50:11 +0000

I’m with Daniela here… lol.

Love that image. The kind of texture/detail that makes me swoon (and she has the most beautiful face…).

Hoping for a safe/uneventful arrival home.
Peace

By: Willy

Willy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:05:28 +0000

Incredibly dignified image. Wow, thank you for inspiring me grab my camera and passport this cold morning.

By: Henri

Henri — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:48:04 +0000

Hi David,

When we do our trip I’ll make sure the flies leave you alone after you pass out. I’ve got your back.

Let me know about the details of the spam issue and I can make some suggestions on how to fix it.

By: daniela

daniela — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:29:01 +0000

David, this sounds like a real tough trip… hope you’ll find some time to recover and have a rest before the ‘daily grind’ starts again…
And this picture is breathtaking! I caught myself staring at it with my nose on the screen to not miss a detail – wonderful catch. (But if this is a snapshot, I need to – again – start thinking about selling my gear and crawl away in shame )