Today’s The Daily Shoot’s assignment is: “Use hard light that casts sharp distinct shadows in a photograph today.”
Funny thing with today’s shot, I had the set up all ready to go (well, in my head anyway) early EARLY this morning but just didn’t know what the subject would be! I have had a Sentinel’s (creature from any of the Matrix movies) tentacle laying around my desk for some time (don’t ask why), what better figure to battle this monster than a Start Wars Storm Trooper? And how can I not change the wording of “rebel scum” to “Sentinel scum”? I mean come on, I just HAD to do it! 😛
Techy info: Shot with my Canon Speedlite 430EX II in manual mode (1/32 power shot through a snoot) on camera left, low’ish. Another (continuous) light through an umbrella off camera right (low’ish again) to capture the reflection of the Trooper. Yes, I actually moved the dude around until I could get a reflection that was acceptable! 😛
Enjoy…
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David Williams Photography 
Very good! I like!
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🙂 Thanx!
K, I admit that I had no idea what these were until you explained it, but I learn something new everyday! I love what you did with the shadows and lighting.
Thanxs, it was interesting to see how the shadows and lighting changed based upon placement and power output of the flash!
Haha! I love it. My husband and I are huge sci-fi movie buffs. SW is of course near the top of the list … followed closely by the Matrix movies (The Fifth Element and the original Dune are my all time favorites).
Love this shot. The concept of a storm trooper going up against a sentinel … I’d go see that movie…..
We love the Fifth Element! I would have to say the other two movies that are right up there for me would be Blade Runner and Star Gate (never got into the shows, just the movie). 😀 Thanx for the comment.
Very nice take on the dailyshoot assignment. Love the sharp shadows.
Thank you Sasi.
Love it!! Perfect shadows and I think he can take it down!! Lol. The creativity is brilliant. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by and commenting, hope you enjoy what you see! I agree with you, he can take him down. 😉
I am a big SW fan though would not consider myself a geek. I leave that to my son. He knows the name and role of every single character. He is my go to guy. 😉
Technically, I love this shot! Great composition, lighting, creativity etc. Very well done David. 😀
Thank you Emily, I had fun with this assignment! 😀
Great shot David! And thanks to journey a few comments up, I can safely leave my Star Wars geek hat in the closet… 😉
I so can’t believe I did that…my son (who’s a HUGE SW fan) will never let me live this one down…sigh.
Awesome!!! Love the shot, love the write-up!!!
Thank you Mike, I think I might need to go on a SW figurine hunt to track down some old school characters. 😀
Awesome shot, I love it! But I need to put my Star Wars Geek hat on and add that that’s a Clone Trooper, not a Storm Trooper 😛
Aaackkk, how on earth could I make that mistake? Being a huge SW fan myself, I so can’t believe I did it…ohhh the shame. 😛 Thanx for the comment, 😀
the spiral(sentinel ) object leads the eye of the observer to its end ,then to see the soft shadows in BG and then back to spiral’s skin(texture in it) in the FG!! Wonderful composition
I was worried a tad that the spiral would take the focus away but, I really like how it leads the eye. Thanx for the comment.
ANother great set up… well done.
Thank you Nigel, I had fun with this one. 😀
Hahahahhahahaaa… EPIC man!
😀 Thanx Eric!