Je voudrais trois setup shot

Yes three floating peas. All it took was a needle and some thread to get them to hang. However because they are so light the A/C would sway them back and forth. And I wasn't going to turn off the A/C for one second.

 

My original plan was to use just 2 lights, one for the background and one to the left but since the setup include 3 items the one further to the right was a bit darker. So I ended up bringing out another speedlite to try to even things up.

 

The table was placed about 5' from the vertical part of the bed sheet to make sure the light bouncing off the sheet wouldn't wrap itself around the front of the peas.

 

The 550 used to wash out the background was placed on the floor up at about a 45 deg angle with the head zoomed to it's widest setting.

 

The 580EX II and 430EX where placed on either side of the table in a shoot through umbrella to provide the main light for the peas and the dishes. Power setting was selected to give enough light to the front but trying not to run it too hot where the white dishes sorta just disappeared with everything else that was white in the photo.

 

Strobist info:

1 580EX 1/4 power shoot through umbrella camera left

1 430EX 1/4 power shoot through umbrella camera right

1 550EX 1/2 power on the floor behind the peas pointed towards the background

 

Camera settings:

1/200 f/9 ISO200

 

Lens used:

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

 

Completed shot can be found here

Done