Feathers in a mug

Get Pushed Challenge #553 Take 2
My Get Pushed partner challenged me to take a photo that uses rim lighting. I studied the way I set up the last shot and read more about rim lighting and decided to try it again. This time with a mug of feathers. I think this has more of the elements usually thought of as rim lighting, although still not as good as I would have liked.

[Kathy]

@dkbarnett Another attempt at rim lighting. I think this one is better but still not as good as I wanted it to be. Perhaps I need to shoot in total darkness except for the light behind. Maybe another time and another week. Thanks again for this learning experience.

[katy]

This is very dramatic Kathy. The light on the feathers is gorgeous.

[Kathy]

@grammyn Thank you very much Katy.

[Shutterbug]

I like this image. I like how it highlights the details on the edges. I am know expert, but I think rim light can be in sunlight if it is caught just right. Check out Shook’s image. https://365project.org/shookchung/random-muse/2023-03-08 See the light on the edge of the lamp post and on some of the twigs. I also notice what I think of as rim lighting in sunset shots where something is almost but not quite silhouetted.

[Dawn]

A lovely image and light

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Yes- you've got some nice rim lighting going on here- particularly the feather on the upper left where just the edge of the feather is showing. Well done!

[Babs]

Looks lovely on black.

[Tom]

Lovely and very creative

[Mary Siegle]

It has a very different character than your egg shot. The light hitting just the edge in some parts and coming through in others. It’s very beautiful.

[JackieR]

Oh who cares about the type of lighting, this is gloriously favulous and fabulous

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Issi Bannerman]

Nicely done, Kathy.

[Susan Wakely]

I love the lighting and a must see on black background.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nicely done!

[Casablanca]

Nice lighting

[william wooderson]

You're the mistress of shadow!

[Wylie]

very dark and mysterious

[Kathy A]

Very dramatic shot!

[Margaret Brown]

Very nice on black

[haskar]

Very dramatic light. I think I would set the reflector on the side of the lens so as to bring out the object from the blackness. Just a little bit, maybe I'm wrong, but I'd try.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful display , close up and lighting capture.
( No prombles here. We have no mountains.)

[Call me Joe]

❤️⭐️

[Kathy]

@shutterbug49 Thank you. I see what you mean Debbie about Shook's photo but like you, I think of rim lighting as sort of a thin halo around a silhouetted shape.
@Dawn Thank you Dawn.
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann.I appreciate your feedback.
@onewing Thank you for your comments and for taking the extra time to view on the black.
@tosee Thank you very much Tom.
@mcsiegle Thank you Mary for your comments and feedback.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you for the thumbs up Jackie. The reason I was concerned about the lighting was because it was my challenge. I'm still not entirely satisfied with my results but will put it in time out for awhile.
@bkbinthecity Thanks so much Brian.
@jamibann Thank you Issi.
@wakelys Thank you Sue. I appreciate, too, that you took the extra time to view on black.
@photographycrazy Thank you.
@casablanca Thank you very much.
@will_wooderson I do like that darkness for some reason. Thank you Will.
@pusspup Thank you Wylie.
@kjarn Thanks Kathy.
@craftymeg Thank you Meg. And thanks for viewing on the black too.
@haskar Thank you for the feedback Hannah. Hope I remember it when I take this lighting challenge out of time out in the future.
@pyrrhula Thank you Ferry.
@joemuli Thanks Joey.