Shapes And Shadows Of A Cowrie Shell
I know that it looks a bit like a shark's mouth, but it's the opening of a cowrie shell. I wanted to emphasize shapes and textures, and thought that it would look right in black and white.
Lighting stuff. I placed the shell on a piece of black Perspex to photograph. Since I wanted to create shadows to reveal shapes, I lit it from the right side using a YN560-III in a Rogue grid to focus the light. Fill light came from a mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other black and white images that I've done are in my cleverly titled Black and White album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157644989606939
Other images I've taken of sea shells can be seen in my Shell album, if you like that sort of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157626043932290
Shapes And Shadows Of A Cowrie Shell
I know that it looks a bit like a shark's mouth, but it's the opening of a cowrie shell. I wanted to emphasize shapes and textures, and thought that it would look right in black and white.
Lighting stuff. I placed the shell on a piece of black Perspex to photograph. Since I wanted to create shadows to reveal shapes, I lit it from the right side using a YN560-III in a Rogue grid to focus the light. Fill light came from a mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other black and white images that I've done are in my cleverly titled Black and White album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157644989606939
Other images I've taken of sea shells can be seen in my Shell album, if you like that sort of thing.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157626043932290