Into the Light

Posted by
Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 1 October 2012 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

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This photo is one of a series that I took as members of the public walked through the Lis Rhodes "Light Music" exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.

Nikon D800 handheld at f4; 1/40th; 35mm; iso6400

D800 photos have a really lovely grain at iso6400

Click here to go to Lis Rhodes : 'Light Music'

NIKON D800 1/40 second F/4.0 ISO 6400 35 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (34)

JacklineG from Béarn, France

L'instant est fabuleux ! et le résultat est vraiment incroyable avec 6400 ISO !!! Bonne journée

1 Oct 2012 5:30am

@JacklineG: Thanks Jackline!

Veronique from France, Switzerland

Very interesting effect and thank you for the excif there are so useful !!

1 Oct 2012 6:24am

@Veronique: Thanks Veronique! (I'm glad you find the exif useful!)

Andrew Atkinson from Hartlepool, United Kingdom

Wow, great image. Great results from such high ISO.

1 Oct 2012 6:52am

@Andrew Atkinson: Thanks Andrew. Apart from the b&w conversion and crop this was pretty much straight out of the camera.

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

An exhibition which seems very interesting.
I love the rendering of the light here and I'm curious about the colour version.

1 Oct 2012 7:03am

Hans ter Horst from Ruislip, United Kingdom

Stunning!

1 Oct 2012 7:04am

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

super shot!

1 Oct 2012 7:55am

Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France

Perfect exposure ! very interesting exif and excellent rendering with the new D800 ! love the atmosphere !

1 Oct 2012 8:03am

VISU...ELLE PHOTOGRAPHY from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

An exposure perfect. Nice light and mystic atmosphere

1 Oct 2012 8:17am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

Excellent !

1 Oct 2012 8:41am

Basile Pesso from City of Aminus, Paris, France

Excellent !

1 Oct 2012 8:50am

Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom

This is great Ian. I'm guessing you were down to see your work in the Getty Gallery?

1 Oct 2012 9:51am

Lydia.Dd from Paris, France

Superb effect !

1 Oct 2012 11:09am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

Looks like a nice soft sort of grain too.
Nice shot, at first I thought it was a stage performance shot.

1 Oct 2012 11:23am

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Superb effect! Great work!

1 Oct 2012 5:59pm

Eric C. from Ivry sur Seine, France

Superb !

1 Oct 2012 6:13pm

Olivier from Manage, Belgium

excellent game of light...

1 Oct 2012 6:40pm

Enzo from Lausanne, Switzerland

***** !

1 Oct 2012 8:34pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

superb.

1 Oct 2012 10:11pm

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

Outstanding!

2 Oct 2012 12:41am

Claudiu from București, Romania

perfect exposure and congrats for the crop choice

2 Oct 2012 9:54am

Ryan Hammond from Tucson, United States

Really interesting photo, Ian! Love the human element here as well as the symmetry of them.

2 Oct 2012 5:26pm

k@ from Paris, France

The title says it whole, i love the light magic you propose here, Ian.

2 Oct 2012 5:41pm

Mehdi Monadi from Tehran, Iran

Superb Effect

2 Oct 2012 5:53pm

l'Oeillibre from paris, France

c'es très très joli ,élegante image d'une simplicité rare, l'idée est juste parfaite!

2 Oct 2012 6:39pm

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

TOP ! 5*****

3 Oct 2012 12:38pm

Brandon from New York, United States

Really great lighting and contrast!

3 Oct 2012 1:48pm

Brandon from New York, United States

If you do not mind, I am interested in getting a new canon lens and was just curious what you use for most of the shots? I really appreciate it!

3 Oct 2012 2:44pm

@Brandon: Hi Brandon - I use a full frame Nikon camera and lenses rather than Canon. It's difficult for me to recommend something for you as I don't know the Canon lenses and what their strengths and weaknesses are.

The lens used for this shot is a Nikon 16-35VR f4 (VR meaning it has a vibration reduction mechanism). I use it on a full frame DSLR rather than one with an APSC sized sensor so the 16-35 is it's true 35mm equivalent focal range ie: 16mm which is extreme wide angle to 35mm which is merely normal wide angle.

I've used this lens a lot for landscape photography in bad weather and it is weather sealed which is an important consideration for both camera and lens if you are into that kind of photography.

Brandon from New York, United States

Thank you very much for the response. I currently have an EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS lens, which has a 35mm-equivalent focal length approx. 1.6x the lens focal length. Obviously the quality is no where as good. That's why I was try to find a good equivalent lens to what you use. Thanks again for the help!

3 Oct 2012 4:07pm

Jerry from Aberdeen, United States

This is an interesting departure from what you have been posting, it appears you were experimenting a bit to find what the new camera is capable of. I am always interested in your settings and this was an interesting combination. I like the over all effect of the back lighting in this photo.

5 Oct 2012 12:26am