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These are in a variety of shapes and colors. Some are actually commercially manufactured for model RRs, but most are fuzzy fabrics from the fabric shop. Sprayed in several colors for different crops. Corn fields seem to be the main type in this area-but not American style corn. These are a light brown color and look more like wheat to me.
Ceci est un de mes "setups strobist". Une bonne vielle Minolta AL (ou tout autre appareil avec un sync "M", un remote radio, et des flashcubes :-)
Strobist info : Lightrein 400ws 45 degrés à droite, réflecteur argent à 45 degrés à gauche.
This shows where the foam layers just sit on top of the table. The pieces don't have to exactly match up. Just use the tape to stick the pieces together. This is all going to be under the sheet so no one will see the mess.
beauty closeup setup, one flash head with beauty dish, one silver reflector home made and one hair/contour light with small soft box
Canon EOS 30D / 50mm 1.4, f/8.0, iso.100, 1/125.
This is my setup for the Dylan/Christina Shoot Located in This Set.
Strobist Info
1 SB600 Camera Left and High
Bounced off 45" Umbrella
Fired at Full Power Using Nikon CLS
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This is the setup photo for Super Ma.
The backdrop is made of a sheet of scrapbooking paper held in place by a clipboard. Backlighting is provided by a single incandescent flashlight aimed at the center of the sunburst pattern.
Above the scene a large circular diffuser (not shown) softens the ambient light in the room.
A simple magnifying lens (not a macro lens) is used to enhance the close-up.
I often use iPhoto to adjust levels, tweak colors, crop, etc. But his is one of the few times that I used the "Antique" effect to give the palette an old-fashioned look.
To get a closer look at the equipment I use, check out my Gear series.
Macro test setups.
Test object : KC73129MP
Number of Effective Pixels: 500(H) ´ 582(V)
Unit Pixel Size: 9.80µm(H) ´ 6.30µm(V)
This is a CCD with fine structure as a test object. The structure is uniform, perfectly straight and the dimensions are fixed. The macro magnification can be measured easily.
The 100% crops are always 600x400 pixels. Since a sensor pixel less than 10 um the resolution of the image can be properly checked.
I use a new tube-lens, the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:4G ED.
The advantage with this lens is the possibility to change the focalt length. This also changes the macro ratio. The ideal value is 200mm and this lens performs excellently. At other focalt values the quality remains very good but there are problems with the lighting in the corners. You'll practically limited to about 150mm. At 135mm you will have to adjust the angles sure if your image is in that zone. Smaller than 135mm is no longer usable, you lose too much by the dark corners. Successive images show these results.
The setup for my 'Conkers' photo...
I used an inexpensive wallpaper pasting table and on it I set an old fleece jacket with its black lining showing. On top of the jacket I placed a sheet of smoked glass and propped up an old black suitcase as my background (just to keep everything dark).
I then positioned the horse chestnut seeds, (the conkers), where I wanted them and clicked away with my camera. A minimum amount of post processing followed and the original image was cropped to my taste. The original photo was taken in my garden in sunlight.
So there you have it and all of the props were old items stored in my shed. No expense spared, eh? ;)
This is what I'm aiming for. I used 4 colors to get this appearence. You can see a small chunk of the light grey pastel still on the table.
Waterdrop Experiment using Nikon D90, off camera flash and white background.
(Sorry about the busy background. I was obviousely working in my kitchen.) Photo of setup was taken with my D70.
Water bag suspended and dripping into paint tray. Flash was aimed at white background (color for some shots). I stuck pen tip at splash point and focused there. I locked my focus there, and proceeded to take multiple shots. The camera was set in Manual, f/8, 1/200 second, ISO 200 and the lens was at 200mm. I would take about 4 or 5 shots at a time, but then had to wait for the flash to recycle.
I got the technique from strobist.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-photograph-water-dro... and there is an awesome video. Scroll down to video titled "How to photograph a splash of water - Week 52" by Gavin Hoey
Mini scene set up in a shallow baking tray, to contain the salt used as the fake snow. It gets everywhere otherwise :)
A seamless white backdrop from a strip of paper from an old fax roll, which gives a very bright white.
Nothing new with the lighting, I used a similar setup a few days ago.
A pair of fixed output Neewer SF-01 mini slave flashes set up to the sides and fired through white printer paper screens to light the subject and foreground.
Behind the subject, a Yongnuo YN460 set to 1/2 power and fitted with a Prngles tube striplight to blow out the background.
All flashes fired by Blazzeo SLT-4 radio triggers.
The finished image is shown below:
View the larger version to see the details of the setup. (sorry for the black and white infrared pic)
Setup for Calla 27545
White foam board v-flats left & right of subject; a white foam board "roof" on top of the v-flats for top fill & a white foam board base for bottom fill. Two SB-800s Left (1/8 power) & Right (1/8 power) bounced into v-flats;
The simple setup shot for today's 365 picture.
Canon 430EX II on 1/16 power bounce off curved paper background.
Small card at front to provide a tiny bit of foreground light (barely noticeable really!)
setup shot for www.flickr.com/photos/fjgphoto/5202279505/
guy with camera
The setup shot for the Wine Glass photo.
This is my take on the Strobist DIY $10 Macro Studio. It's made from A3 foamboard and some bits of plasticard and plastic chanelling/angle from a local model shop. The top and sides have the centre cut out to form a 1" wide frame and are covered with tissue paper. The cut-outs can be refitted if the diffusion panels aren't required. It's done this was rather than from a cardboard box because it fits neatly into a portfolio case together with a selection of white and coloured backgrounds.
This is the setup plan for April 2019.
I may not have any other pictures of this setup because the Ottawa river is flooding my house and I am not able to go sorry.
This here is the setup i use to get macro images of insects I've been posting on Flickr to date.
The body is a Canon 550D
The lens is a 50mm Mark 2 Prime lens.
This lens is reversed on a set of macro extension tubes with a 52mm thread reverse ring.
I made the extension tubes longer with a toilet roll and some duct tape.
The flash is connected to the camera body via a flash chord and the flash has a diffuser attached - Home made and one built in.
Any questions, feel free to ask me. Thanks.
since some of you asked for it:
Here's my setup.
20" iMac (early 2009)
22 " Hyundai TFT
21 " Techwood Flatscreen TV
Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse
Wacom Intuos 4 M
13 " MacBook (early 2010)
HP Photosmart C4680 Printer
iPhone 3GS 16GB
Blackberry Curve 8300
Toshiba 1TB External HDD
t.bone SC 400 Microphone
Setup for this shot for Macro Mondays.
The paper cover on the flashlight has a hole in it so that only 1 of the 8 LEDs can shine through. Without that I was getting a weird multi-shadow.
Setup shot for this:
www.flickr.com/photos/scott_morgan/4355284493/
All cybersync triggered, cybercommander controlled.
Starplex controller that we had setup with Star Castle Arcade (since the original arcade game did not use a joystick).
Setup for this shot ... www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/3383423546/
A flagrant misuse of strobist equipment. This scene is mostly made up from a Speedlight Pro kit from www.adstudiosolutions.com/Products.html
Banners, Backdrops, and Bar Stands, we can do it all for trade shows/ events.
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For what it's worth, here's a setup shot for Snow White vs. Snowtrooper.
Snow White is standing on red posterboard with green posterboard behind her. She is surrounded by crushed tortilla chips that hide the red stand beneath her. A blue LED (not seen here) was shining on the green posterboard behind her to create an "aura."
The snowtrooper is standing on white quilt batting on top of white foam core, with white foam core behind him.
Above them (not seen here) is an Opteka translucent reflector that I frequently use to diffuse the ambient light in the room. On top of that, positioned directly above these two, are a couple of cheap, battery-operated light sources.
Hum, yes, the title is kind of oxymoron...
This is the setup used to make that shot.
Whatever, here is how I proceeded:
- dismantle microwave door to keep only the metallic grid (my door was with a tainted glass)
- remove turning plate
- put glass filled with water: it serves as support and water helps not running the microwave empty
- place CD against the glass
- I had to put a little paper strip on the floor to avoid the CD ripping on the floor
- hide microwave lamp, I used the plastic recipient that comes with the microwave for steam cleaning
- camera on a tripod
- proceed in dark room
- use torch to be able to focus manually on the CD ( use live preview with zoom helps focusing)
- I used a large aperture (2.8) because of the metallic grid of the door
- 1s pauses, in rafale mode (so we can keep shooting)
- we cannot sacrify aperture or exposure time so if you find the result too bright, you may try with a neutral density filter.
- cable shutter to avoid shaking the camera
- after all, make sure to clean the microwave because reflective layer gets spilled out of the CDs
A quick look at the setup - This is my usual shooting space - now overrun with laundry and a sister-in-law's Wedding Dress. So what was once a limited space is now a *very* limited space.
Strobist info:
Canon 430 EXII - 1/16th - Softbox - Camera Left and high
Nikon SB-900 - 64th - Umbrella - Camera left and low.
This is a different setup for me than normal - I'd like to get a second softbox and try it out with that rather than the umbrella.
Setup shot showing a bit more clearly how I shot the "shot within a shot" image. It's very easy to do this sort of thing without any photoshopping, simply get the balance right between the flash exposure on the main subject, and the light falling on the camera you're shooting, then make sure you dial in enough ambient light to let the image on the LCD screen show.
The flashgun and brolly are used to dab just a little bit of light onto the D700 body, as otherwise it's silhouetted by the light from the set.
Notes should explain all.
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Yet another use for an old Pringles tube, this is becoming a habit :)
A simple striplight for a flash to use for close up tabletop work.
The tube is one I modified previously to house a CFL lamp and can be seen more clearly here : www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/4576501520
To mount it on the flash, an opening is cut into the plastic lid of the pringles tube as shown here : www.flickr.com/photos/steveblackdog/5081708793 Though I did improve on this slightly by putting a rubber band around the head of the flash after the lid was in place, to stop it sliding forward.
The flash is a fixed output Vivitar 2800 which has served me well for years, but probably not ideal, as it was a bit powerful. At first I tried it higher up and the tube gave a really good spread of light, but I thought if I reduced the power and got it closer to the action, it would be more useful.
Simple to do, a sheet of white paper from my printer, rolled up and inserted into the tube reduced the light to be able to use much closer.
Initial results are quite promising and I shall be playing with this some more :)
Image from this setup shown in the comments below.