steveblackdog
Adrift 365/181
Dont look too close, it doesnt look so real :)
As soon as I saw the blue of yesterdays shot. I knew I had to use it again, but what for ?
Then I remembered I had this little wooden boat which is one of a pair that came from a charity (RNLI).
On taking it out, I remembered that it had a kinda stand on the bottom, so wouldnt sit flat on a surface. By playing with angles, I got some reasonable shots on an acrylic base, but couldnt totally lose the gap underneath. So out with the water tray :)
It is actually sat on the bottom of the tray with just a few millimetres of water around it, which did prevent it from floating around, a bit of a bonus, as it was quite a tight fit in the tray and I didnt have much space to play with. Would have been nice to have got a bit of a lower viewpoint, but I need a bigger water tray to be able to do that. I had to clone out the sides of the tray from the top corners of the pic, it really was that tight :)
The ripples were created by blowing gently through a drinking straw onto the surface of the water.
Lighting was from a trio of Neewer SF-01 mini slave flashes. One on each side angled toward the backdrop but allowing some light through tracing paper screens to fall onto the boat. These were activated by Blazzeo SLT-4 radio triggers.
The third flash was located behind and below the tray, pointing back onto the base of the backdrop and activated by its optical sensor.
Setup details can be found below.
Adrift 365/181
Dont look too close, it doesnt look so real :)
As soon as I saw the blue of yesterdays shot. I knew I had to use it again, but what for ?
Then I remembered I had this little wooden boat which is one of a pair that came from a charity (RNLI).
On taking it out, I remembered that it had a kinda stand on the bottom, so wouldnt sit flat on a surface. By playing with angles, I got some reasonable shots on an acrylic base, but couldnt totally lose the gap underneath. So out with the water tray :)
It is actually sat on the bottom of the tray with just a few millimetres of water around it, which did prevent it from floating around, a bit of a bonus, as it was quite a tight fit in the tray and I didnt have much space to play with. Would have been nice to have got a bit of a lower viewpoint, but I need a bigger water tray to be able to do that. I had to clone out the sides of the tray from the top corners of the pic, it really was that tight :)
The ripples were created by blowing gently through a drinking straw onto the surface of the water.
Lighting was from a trio of Neewer SF-01 mini slave flashes. One on each side angled toward the backdrop but allowing some light through tracing paper screens to fall onto the boat. These were activated by Blazzeo SLT-4 radio triggers.
The third flash was located behind and below the tray, pointing back onto the base of the backdrop and activated by its optical sensor.
Setup details can be found below.