Gaetano

Rimlight My brother in law came to visit us in Cortina and we played with an external speed light.

[Lin]

So well done!

[Peter H]

Perfect. It conveys a lot with so little.

[Jane Pittenger]

Potent

[M. Brutus]

I like the lighting. But I am missing just one place in the photo that is where it is really sharply focus, probably where the rimlight hits his face. A nice, moody portrait.

[Junko Y]

What a wonderfully evocative portrait! So powerful !

[Diane]

Very dramatic portrait.

[Taffy]

Fantastic rim lighting portrait. This is extraordinary on black.

[Rob Z]

Another fabulous portrait! :)

[Caterina]

@mbrutus eyes are missing, by definition, in time lighting. Unfortunately my brother in law has left so I cannot try a different head’s position

[Caterina]

@jyokota @robz @taffy thank you very much for your comments.

[haskar]

Fabulous light. Beautiful portrait.

[Delia T.]

Great shot

[Lynda McG]

Nicely done

[M. Brutus]

@caterina You realize that I really like the photo. In fact, Lori walked into the room while I had left you bro-in-law's photo and the screen and she gave out an audible utterance of approval and being impressed by the photo. But I would just wonder how you focused on this shot. I'm guessing it was on auto focus? If it was and you say you were using an "external speedlight". I assume that means a flash unit that was mount off the camera and mostly on the other side of your subject. Then two things might have happened. There might not have been enough light present for the autofocus to focus properly. Or the Autofocus might have focus, as autofocuses are programmed to do, on the subject's nearest eye, which in this photo is totally dark, so we cannot experience the focus. But unfortunately, this leaves the areas of most interest in this photo, the slender edge of his face which is lit - the forehead, edge of the nose, mouth, beard - less than clearly focused. The solution is simply to use manual focus. Set focus on the rim lit sections of the face first and then shoot with the flash. But I don't know exactly how you shot this, so I can only guess what might have happened. Anyway, have a nice weekend. Do let me take this opportunity to guilt you into WhatsApp'ing me with any fresh Caterina news. Have a great weekend.

[Caterina]

@mbrutus thank you for your long discussion on auto focus. Truth is that I took it on manual focus and I was pretty satisfied with the results. Then two things might have happened: either I did not correct the diopter for my miopia or I just don’t know how to recognise a focused picture. I hope the first is the right answer. Regarding what’sapp I’ll find a solution soon. Perhaps tomorrow after returning from a hike, cooking dinner,watching the European Soccer Championship, and trying to take focused pictures of my relatives. Have a nice weekend