My Samurai

a new ninja is in town....

lol.... ok, not exactly a ninja...

just a samurai....

took this this morning... was too bored... so did some high key taking since i got a thing for it lately...

too bad the sun wasnt strong enough... so needed some editing... also... didnt have a thin layer of white sheet/curtain... so my heavy curtain kinda mess alot of the lighting up....

i'll write the settings i use just in case someone else wants to take their samurai too.... =p

took this in my room, normal lighting conditions with sunlight coming in from the window... iso 320, 24mm, f/14, 1/500s. auto WB. external flash used i think was on +1 or +1.3, cant remember... on top of tht since i dont hv a reflector, i use a white piece of paper to bounce abit of the light so that the dragon could be lighted up..

this was taken in my upstairs living room against one window light source.... iso 2000, 50mm, f/2.8, 1/320s, WB set at 3130K to have a "cold" feel....

iso 1000, 50mm, f/2.8, 1/400s, WB also at 3130K. this was taken with a flash which i put behind me... cant remeber the setting.... =.= but if not mistaken is +2.0 or 3.0


iso2000, 66mm, f/20, 1/40s, auto WB but i edited the WB using NX2. flash also used here... located under the table this time, i put it on a stool so that i can be near the samurai... then set it to -1.3? i think... or -2.0.. this one is taken without diffuser.. others with diffuser...

this one was an accidental success (ish).... lol... i only took one shot... and this came out... i use iso 2000, 70mm, f/4.5, 1/15s. wb set at 3130 also.... although its still vry vry warm... but because my curtains are all yellow-orange-ish... so i had de reduce the warmness... two light source here... one is the big door behind... the other is a window at the right which cant be seen that is lightening my front.. this one definitely can be improved by a few reflectors and one or two flashes... but didnt have any of those things with me... maybe next time i'll take a more proper one....