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PhantomLord
Joined: 08 Apr 2013 Posts: 476 Location: Szczecin, Poland
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:19 pm Post subject: Equipment photo - 2nd attempt - Pentax ME Super |
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PhantomLord wrote:
Well,
My previous post "Equipment photo - 1st attempt - Pentax ME Super" was... maybe not completely disaster, but I was not happy about the results.
Now I took different approach:
- black background
- one speedlight with umbrella
- one reflector
I would like to hear your comments and hints/tips what should I change to improve this shoot.
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PhantomLord
Joined: 08 Apr 2013 Posts: 476 Location: Szczecin, Poland
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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PhantomLord wrote:
I just noticed, that I should have took off this "Quality Passed" sticker , but somehow I missed this . _________________ Mateusz
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visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 10463 Location: California
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
PhantomLord wrote: |
I just noticed, that I should have took off this "Quality Passed" sticker , but somehow I missed this . |
Some people pay extra for those! _________________ ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
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philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4747 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:43 am Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Keep the sticker, it is expected on these cameras. But it is in a silly place. Perhaps carefully peel it off using a little paintbrush cleaner to dissolve the glue and stick it back on the back or the side of the prism with a little contact adhesive. Thats the normal place. Contact adhesive will keep it on but will not damage the finish of the camera. Scrape any glue off with a piece of stiff card, anything harder may scratch the camera.
I was confused by the tripod head at first, thinking it was part of the camera or a winder. It would look silly cloned out, perhaps the camera sat on a circular mirror would look good, particularly with a black background. The strap could come off too, it is distracting. But a nice photo none the less and working well against a black background. _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
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Gurdie
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gurdie wrote:
Yes, much better than first attempt.
You could also try painting with light. I have not tried it myself, but I have seen good results.
Here's a link, what kind of results one could achieve: http://haroldrossfineart.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/one-on-one-light-painting-workshop-with-wendy-belkin/ _________________ Markku
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PhantomLord
Joined: 08 Apr 2013 Posts: 476 Location: Szczecin, Poland
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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PhantomLord wrote:
Thank you guys for replying.
philslizzy and visualopsins: well I don't care too much about stickers, so if I remove it from one place it would go straight to the trash and certainly not on camera , however I like the idea of putting reflective surface beneath the object and removing the strap - those are things that I've missed and have to do better.
Gurdie: I must admit I don't see painting with light on such occasion, I know people do marvelous stuff with this technique, but it's more for those 'creative' shots than for products in my opinion, but thank you for your opinion.
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David
Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 1869 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:41 am Post subject: |
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David wrote:
These are very nice work, especially the catch lights in the lens. It may be worth reducing the light a bit to help remove more detail from the background. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM |
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RSalles
Joined: 12 Aug 2012 Posts: 1373 Location: Brazil - RS / South
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:50 am Post subject: |
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RSalles wrote:
Hi,
Thinking here about this umbrella... I find the light rendered by this light modifier too harsh. Probably you can get rid off it placing a tiny diffuser in front or - better - using a softbox to "spread" light around the camera.
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PhantomLord
Joined: 08 Apr 2013 Posts: 476 Location: Szczecin, Poland
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:13 am Post subject: |
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PhantomLord wrote:
Thank you David and Renato,
Maybe turning down the light would not be good at this instance, because I wanted whole camera more or less equally lit, but for sure I should have keep longer distance between the background and the subject to kill light from the flash from the background.
As for umbrella Renato, well it's my only modifier and I don't have money to buy softbox right now, but as I look closer at photos with your remark in my head I saw what you're talking about. I completely agree, that softer light would turn out better, I'll try to soften the light coming from flash a little with some diffuser (before it hits an umbrella) or maybe to use some piece of white fabric instead of umbrella.
Once again, thank you all you guys, those are type of comments of constructive critique I was wishing to receive . I'll try to re-shoot the scene I report it back to you.
Mateusz _________________ Mateusz
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exaklaus
Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 1633 Location: Niederrhein, Germany
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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exaklaus wrote:
Probably a bit of dust removing on the camera might improve the whole thing, too _________________ my Ebay auctions
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Olivier
Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: France
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
Also, try dark velvet as background, little mirors to focus light on certain parts of the object, tracing paper to diffuse light.
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