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Which type of vignette
Please could I have some advice on a suitable types of vignette for
weddings? Does the skin colour of the bride make any difference? I have a black, oval-shaped vignette which fits a Cromatek filter holder, but its effect is very subtle and I think this is because the clear oval shape in the middle is too large. TIA, regards, Phil Lamerton |
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Which type of vignette
In article D8v1h.6617$Wy6.4568@trnddc01, dadiOH
wrote: A lot depends on the lightness/darkness of the things in the photo. A black vignetter essentially burns in the edges/corners making them darker. A white one does the opposite. A translucent one sort of smears those areas. Which to use depends on what you want to achieve. Skin color is unimportant. I always used a professional lens shade, and then used Larson vignettes. They're magnetic and made of a dark mesh. They worked great, but don't know if they're still available. |
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Which type of vignette
Please could I have some advice on a suitable types of vignette for weddings? Does the skin colour of the bride make any difference? I have a black, oval-shaped vignette which fits a Cromatek filter holder, but its effect is very subtle and I think this is because the clear oval shape in the middle is too large. TIA, regards, Phil Lamerton Is this a fade to dark type ND, layered screen or jagged edge opaque type vignette? Or a fade to white, wash out the corners type? Back when I shot with a medium format camera and only used fixed focal lenses, I used one of those bellowshades which had a slot way out away from the lens, and the rule was to place the vignette at a distance equal to the focal length. A big variable is the f/stop. Using such a vignette is difficult with a zoom. I tried to use a highkey vignette but modern tastes don't flow that way. Dark vignettes are great because they give a larger space to crop to various formattes without sacrificing shoulders or composition. Better yet, since the average adult subject and far too many of the youth are way overweight, vignetting a half length with a fade to black corners means you can keep the hands but hide the big butts, or fade out the waist lines etc. Vignettes made with screens can cause problems as specular highlights can pick up that pattern, think about sequins on a wedding dress getting weird. With digital its simple enough to do an action that will let you vignette per image. with modest sized images I'll do an oval marquee with a 250 pixel feather and drag it from corner to corner, move it to center the composition, invert the selection and make a new layer via copy, change the brightness/contrast down 30 points or as needed. With larger files I'll make a larger canvas on a second layer (not background) with a soft erased center, then I'll drag that layer over to each image, I make it a bigger canvas so I can center as needed. I just bought another lindahl bellows, I want to get some long bolts and reverse the washer/nuts that hold the bolts to the standards, so the outer piece is the solid end and the bolts slide through the part that clamps to the lens filter ring, this will allow me to move the vignette in and out without leaving the bolt rails way out front of the lens, I mean you can't use a lens with any wide angle ability without getting the dang studs in the image. I'll have to figure out some kind of bushing that will let the rails slide easy when I want them, but firm enough to hold so it doesn't slip and slide. |
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Which type of vignette
In article , zeitgeist
wrote: Back when I shot with a medium format camera and only used fixed focal lenses, I used one of those bellowshades which had a slot way out away from the lens, and the rule was to place the vignette at a distance equal to the focal length. I always used one of the Larsen mesh things on a professional shade. |
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