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Lighting an Equine by =CricketWings:iconCricketWings:

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Here's some help with making images pop a little more :). I don't know about you guys, but I tend to get bored in a gallery if the lighting is all from the same direction on every subject.

And, well... we've all seen those images where the sunlight is blatantly coming from one direction and the highlights are miraculously opposite. Super secret invisible dual light sourcing gnomes strike again! haha. (hey, I'm guilty of that too ^^;)

Anyway, these techniques aren't strictly equine only. The same idea applies to all subjects, as far as where the light falls.

Feel free to refrence any of these. And I hope it helps make your images more "dramatic" ;)

(also, I know I'm not the grand master of lighting :XD:)

Sorry for typos and such :D

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=KenaiWolf Jun 5, 2009, 10:22:17 AM
Lighting properly and for visual interest is definitely something I need to work on. Thanks for sharing this :D
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~jin-rikkun Jun 5, 2009, 10:23:20 AM
The last horse looks so GROOVY xD
Very helpful tutorial! Definately going into my reference pile to improve my fail lighting skills. Yay!

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=CricketWings Jun 5, 2009, 10:26:35 AM
I know! We should kidnap him and take him to a dance party ;) Share the groooove X3

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=Wolf250 Jun 5, 2009, 10:27:06 AM
Pretty useful, nicely done :)

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*Tori-Inazuma Jun 5, 2009, 10:29:13 AM
Awesome!

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~BlackScaled Jun 5, 2009, 10:32:14 AM
It's amazing! thanks!

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*Katusia Jun 5, 2009, 10:32:20 AM
Oooh, thank you for this, I always have trouble with lighting! Very helpful :)

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=life-d-sign Jun 5, 2009, 10:45:40 AM
great hun!!! I will try this in my current picture!!

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~rhou Jun 5, 2009, 11:09:11 AM
i often see people making tutorials when they don't know what they're talking about, so it's nice to see a good one once in a while :) awesome stuff, it's very helpful, thanks
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