Two Kings III

Juxtaposition (noun) - an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

* side by side - check

* contrast - check

 

Take III of flic.kr/p/R398Dj

 

The lighting concept it the same, with few changes based on the tips from www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157675553881714/ to try and achieve a gradient white-to-black background.

 

Main light: YN468II in a small softbox (25x25cm)

Background light: Vivitar auto thyristor, behind the tracing paper background. There is a semi transparent flag and some bent sheets of paper to make the gradient.

Additional notes: Reflector at camera right, just out of the frame, to fill the shadow side of the white king.

 

Pullback shot of the scene is available at www.flickr.com/photos/147445314@N06/shares/U8eb48

 

Almost no postprocessing. Basic straighten/crop, dust removal, contrast, clarity and curves/levels only. All done in Nikon's Capture NX-D, my new RAW processing tool.

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Uploaded on January 21, 2017
Taken on January 21, 2017