Reflecting On a Glowing Sea Shell
This is a sea shell that had been out in the garden for a few years, and that I brought inside to photograph. The shell is quite thin in the back and my goal was to take advantage of its translucent qualities by utilizing back lighting it to make it glow.
I placed it on a mirror and then positioned a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the shell at 1 o'clock for the back lighting. Fill light came from a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box, camera left and in front at 8 o'clock. The strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. In post production I changed the white balance of the Raw image to clouds which warmed everything up a bit and helped contribute to the glow I was after.
Like most images, it looks best when viewed large and you can see it in that enlightened manner by pressing "L" on your keyboard.
Other shells that I have exploited over the years can be seen in my Shell set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290/
Reflecting On a Glowing Sea Shell
This is a sea shell that had been out in the garden for a few years, and that I brought inside to photograph. The shell is quite thin in the back and my goal was to take advantage of its translucent qualities by utilizing back lighting it to make it glow.
I placed it on a mirror and then positioned a Strobie 130 in a Rogue grid behind the shell at 1 o'clock for the back lighting. Fill light came from a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box, camera left and in front at 8 o'clock. The strobes and my tripod mounted camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. In post production I changed the white balance of the Raw image to clouds which warmed everything up a bit and helped contribute to the glow I was after.
Like most images, it looks best when viewed large and you can see it in that enlightened manner by pressing "L" on your keyboard.
Other shells that I have exploited over the years can be seen in my Shell set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290/