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[etrigan63]

A photographer since the age of 12, I recently emerged from cave of insecurities and began shooting professionally. Not enough to make a living yet, but enough to plan my retirement from my I.T. job with it in mind. Started with Canon and switched to Nikon about 10 years ago, I currently work with a D800E shooting weddings and portraits, have owned and used a D700, D300, and D40x. Still have the D40x and thinking about having it IR converted.

 

I am a blogger (please visit me at http://www.echenique.com) and have several camera and gear reviews posted. I am an IT professional with 30 years experience, so if you have any computer questions, fell free to drop me a line. I have shot many different mirror less camera systems and have to say that they are really coming along nicely. Prepare for a paradigm shift any day now.

 

That said, I am currently hearing the siren call of the Nikon Df and am working to set that camera up for review once I finish with the Fuji XT-1 review. Don't get me wrong, the Fuji is an amazing little camera and I have shot some great portraits with it. I just don't want to have to deal with two sets of lenses and accessories all of the time.

 

Lastly, I would like to share with you all some samples of my work (taken with various cameras, not necessarily Nikons):

 

Track Star by Carlos Echenique, on Flickr

 

Biltmore Hotel Lobby by Carlos Echenique, on Flickr

 

and lastly a selfie

 

Do you ever get that feeling... by Carlos Echenique, on Flickr

[Adam]

Welcome aboard- you've got some great pics there!

[etrigan63]

Thanks!

[Thumper]

Fantastic shots!!! Those are great!

 

 

Welcome to the Nikon Forums.

[Ron]

Welcome! Indeed great work. I particularly love the Biltmore shot. Exquisite!

 

--Ron

[etrigan63]

The Biltmore Lobby shot and three more in that series are hanging in the Coral Gables Museum. If you are in Miami, FL before August 23 please come and see them at the Museum.

[Eagles1181]

Would love to know the setup behind "Do you ever get that feeling."

[etrigan63]

Actually the setup is very simple. My bathroom has a rather large mirror with four lights. I unscrewed the two outer ones to cut down the light output and stopped down my aperture to have the dark background. Camera set to spot metering and A mode. Took several shots and sent them to Lightroom first adjusting up exposure and brushing in -4 stops exposure to touch up the background. The sent it off to photoshop where I enlarged the black background to one side. I then lassoed myself and copy/pasted to a new layer. I added the Cheshire Cat on a layer in between.

[Eagles1181]

OK. It was mainly the Cheshire cat I was trying to figure how you shot. CGI makes a lot more sense.

[etrigan63]

The magic of layers, my friend.