Rolfe Klement Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I was somewhere on transport and was looking at this person's face very closely. It was sunrise - the sun was not very high but there were loads of clouds and it created a very bright , very soft source and I saw a true 3d view of the eye. I really saw that there was a clear layer of liquid above the coloured iris of the eye and it caught the light beautifully - I have had a look around the web and found this image which is pretty close - any ideas on how to create this look intentionally NOTE : This is not my image It is almost like true RGB spectrum caustics on the liquid above the iris - kind of how a diamond prism would exhibit RGB colours at the end range of caustic illumination - I would go in really close wide - I have a 16mm with the near focus pin knocked out - so I can go in this close - I would use the wide to get 3d not beauty - but the light and the liquid depth of the eye is what i am after I love seeing new things like this - now to be able to produce it on command B) thanks R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 22, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted January 22, 2005 It's funny but you can tell the eye was lit by the sun coming through some windows on frame left -- you can see the shape of the windows vaguely. Basically you're talking about a very sharp light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolfe Klement Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 Yeap - I had a quick play and the best effect is for low level as regards the horizon sunlight (I suppose you could dutch tilt a noon shot to get the look :) It looks even better with cloud cover (not too heavy) but I am playing around with various lights to get the effect (I spent about 30 min on it) but it doesn't seem right Any advice on a light source I could try? - as bigclive said the UK sky is a point source with variable diffusion thanks R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolfe Klement Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 I think the shot can be used nicely - as a ECU on a detached (possibly evil) person -That kind of seperation and black hole of Pupil A shot looking for a story! thanks R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Sargenius Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi, I've noticed this same thing on several occasions, and it seems like it's always coming from a strong point source from the side, something almost at the plane of the iris, if that makes sense, combined with very high contrast. cheers, Kim Sargenius cinematographer sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidSloan Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I LOVE this shot...thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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