hOW THE heck??

Thru_These_Eyes · Aug 18, 2009

There is a picture on this website, I have to post the link because it wouldn't save to my computer. (Understandably so) But I would like to know how the look of this picture was accomplished.

Its the photo of the bike. It looks like it is lit by a spot light and its all dark around it. I want to learn how to do this!

Man-made - Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition 2009

Plato · Aug 18, 2009

Thru_These_Eyes said:
There is a picture on this website, I have to post the link because it wouldn't save to my computer. (Understandably so) But I would like to know how the look of this picture was accomplished.

Its the photo of the bike. It looks like it is lit by a spot light and its all dark around it. I want to learn how to do this!

Man-made - Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition 2009

A bicycle-shaped flood light? Seriously, light intensity falls off as the square of the distance. The background is far enough away that insufficient light reached it. You'll notice that the closer background (the telephone pole) is somewhat well illuminated.

bigtwinky · Aug 18, 2009

Its probably just that, a spotlight. Or someone directing the light with some sort of snoot or other cone shaped light directional tool that they put over their strobe / flash. Just as you can diffuse light, you can also direct and intentify it.

Thru_These_Eyes · Aug 18, 2009

Thank you bigtwinky =) Your response was a lot easier to comprehend than the other...Mucho Gracias!

ben. · Aug 18, 2009

Well I'm sure you probably figured out it was taken in the night. First of all the is a sort of spotlight illuminating the bike. I could be a simple lamp with some sort of cone shape which in this case intensifies the bike. It seems to me that in the background where it's all black, there is either nothing or something very far. In shorter terms, no objects are close enough to be illuminated.