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How do you get this effect?

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That sort of bloom, not-overly-bright light source sort of thing... what sort of light source is being used here? Anyone know?

or am i overthinking it and its just a vignette?

Is there a cheap way of doing this? 😛
 
A defuser on a flash and a full frame sensor with a crop sensor lens.

Or you could use a flash and add a vignette in Photoshop, Aperture or LightRoom.
 
I vote post processed, I have never seen vignetting that bad out of a lens. Check out the yellow line on the rear tire, it almost goes black along the left edge. I am on a terrible monitor, but it looks like the vignette is slightly masked around the wheels (just outside of the tires seems to be a lighter halo).
 
thanks! Best way to tell light source is looking at the shadows, this light is coming from right above the camera and is pretty boring light. i would say they just used a flash on camera
 
I'm guessing it's a diffuser on a flash + a vignette in Nik Effects or something.

Thanks guys! 🙂

Gotta save up for a proper flash and diffuser... I've heard good things about the Gary Fong Lightsphere, but isn't there any easy way to make a diffuser?
 
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Gotta save up for a proper flash and diffuser... I've heard good things about the Gary Fong Lightsphere, but isn't there any easy way to make a diffuser?
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Check out "A better bounce card", there are a number of diy solutions and it works quite well.
 
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