Celebration of the Light rig from the side

Rig used for the image that ended up being my Celebration of the Light Christmas card.

 

Also some more info in Celebration of the Light inspiration

 

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What you see here:

- Canon 1D body

- Canon EF-100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens

- Manfrotto 234 MonoPod Tilt Head

- Manfrotto 695 MagFiber monopod 5 section

- A cheap miniature F-clamp (itself clamped in one of the section fasteners of the monopod)

- A magic bouncing ball from a toy store with colored LEDs that light up and change color when you bounce it.

 

All these components were already in my posession, so no extra investment was needed.

 

This improvised rig allows you to have an object in the foreground in a fixed position to the lens, while the background may be moving. E.g. with long shutterspeeds.

 

There are probably 101 other ways to achieve this effect. There are probably also other uses that I have not thought of.

 

If this is useful to you: I'm very interested in your results or any improvements to this setup that you made.

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