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Update - March 15, 2013: These set-ups are very out-dated. I have just finished an Ebook - The Ultimate Guide to Water Drop Photography. The link to purchase is on my Facebook Page. It is very detailed from beginner to advanced.
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I've been asked for my current setup for water drop photography. This is what I have been using lately. Managed to recycle a table and desk for this. Remember - it's the end result that counts ;-) I set the timer to 5 seconds and release the drops. I get about 1 in 10 success rate. A StopShot is on my wish list.
Also, I'm not a carpenter or engineer, so this will have to do for now. Sometime, I plan to make something a little more adjustable and practical. This is in a corner of my basement (right beside the warm furnace) so I can just leave it set up like this.
I'm always changing things, so nothing ever stays permanent - this is basic.
My camera settings vary as well.
It took a while to get that swamp woman shot right. The four smaller pics are all early shots that I wasn't satisfied with. The bright background makes the swamp seem shallow, like a stage set. A cool effect but not what I wanted here (would be cool for other pics tho). Adding the walled backdrop of her enclosure really helped (seems so obvious in hindsight). Also I wanted to frame the figure more so I used some black slopes and plates (arrows in top pciture) to gently funnel the eye toward the figure with lines. Then two small LED lights to catch some highlights.
Even with the final setup, it still takes many photos to get everything right; some foreground plants but not too many, no gaps in the backdrop, etc.
It's hard to see but there's a viewing window in the back there. I tried to get two SCP Foundation staff staring at the creature but getting their faces in the shot was a headache so I gave up on that.
My self made wall mounts for my seamless paper background.
Yes and when I mean self made I mean self made.My daughter and I mount them on the wall:)
I baid like $25 for the hooks and one wooden pole.
Behind the scenes for this photo for Macro Mondays:
www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/53146548963
I stood next to the window for several minutes trying to determine the height and angle at which the light would reveal the hexagons without being visually overwhelmed by the circular patterns on the crowns of the bolts. It took long enough that I worried the sunlight would completely change before I figured it out.
But I did, and then it took me another few minutes to figure out how I could get this relatively heavy object to hold still at just exactly the angle and position I needed it. I envisioned needlessly-complicated structures (requiring various equipment that I don't have) before I hit upon the idea of an open book.
This is my view of the diorama right before I start shooting. I'm either kneeling or sitting on the ground, so I can preview how the scene will look.
Along with moving the models and accessories around, I can swivel the base to get best view in relationship with the background.
If you cover up the bottom half of this photo with your hand, the magic takes place and scene comes into focus.
I'm amazed every time it happens. Really, how is this possible?
This is the setup for the smoking shots with 2 SB-26 with snoots (so the light won't enter the lens) and PW, as close as possible to the incense stick, an incense stick and a plate under it so it won't burn anything, in case it falls for some reason, tripod for the camera and a black background (bought at a nearby store for 1,00 Euro), tuns the lights off and keep shooting until the incense burns out, repeat procedure until you can't stand no more the smell of the incense :)
Keep the room a little ventilate so it would not have too much smoke or else you do not get much detail and you do not fall over with the smell :)
When you photograph this Smokey things they'll turn out kind of a blueish smoke on black background sometimes could be boring and dull after 300 shots of the same thing... but then,
on Photoshop, you invert or not the image and use the Hue/Saturation to create colors of the image, also could use lasso tool on certain parts to give different colors to the smoke.
Give wings to your imagination on this...
Any help give me a line.
Enjoy !!!
Rui
Take a look at the full article on the Lighting Mods blog page.
This Pictures features in the new movie from the International award producer Dean Omori take a look at the movie here.
My setup is a Mac Pro (3 GHz, 4 Gb RAM, 3 10k RPM 150 Gb disks in a RAID 0, ATI Radeon X1900 XT and Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT), 1 Apple Cinema Display 30", 2 Apple Cinema Display 20", MacBook (2 GHz Core Duo, 2 Gb RAM), Altec Lansing FX-6021 speakers and some other stuff.
Desk is from IKEA's Effektiv series. Chair is a Stokke Duo.
Taken on January 31, 2016 for a facebook challenge of my daily life.
Photo by Poul-Werner Dam / bit.ly/PWD_Flickr
"I'm" kicking back while I'm setting up for a shot. Never a fun time for "me" or Jem.
This will give you a clue what's hopefully coming in a few days. It's been a time searching for a new location to shoot in, choosing lighting, making sure shadows are working and fingers aren't poking through handbags -- all the usual of good Second Life photography. And then posing, and coordinating the poses with Jemmy. We don't have nearly enough to choose 4-8 for a good photo spread in the blog, but we're trying every possibility.
Gown by Elegance Boutique; shoes by KC Couture; prop cigarette holder by JCNY Collection (vintage); headdress by Yula Finesmith (vintage); pearl jewelry by Zuri Rayna; jeweled eyebrows by PurpleMoon.
setup for this.
Here is a run down of the gear used:
Shoe was placed on a well-cleaned piece of picture frame glass purchased at Home Depot (for only $4.95!). Glass was elevated using gobo arms so that I could shoot from underneath (I am sick of using fishing line to suspend floating objects-- but this trick proved to have too many obstacles so the search continues...)
Profoto Acute2 packs and heads were used. One head through soft box directly over the shoe as key. A second head with a 5 degree gridspot was used as a rim, to camera-right and behind the shoe, with a scrim to cut the output by a stop. A third light with another 5 degree grid illuminated the seamless background to add some drama. Many images were taken and combined by focus stacking to achieve even, sharp focus over the whole shoe. This was my first attempt at focus stacking.
I guess that's it. The nebula photo I dropped in the background is courtesy of NASA, and is in the public domain, as I believe most of their images are.
The masking I used in retouching allows me to change the orange in the shoe to any color, and since the Mercurials come in green and purple (at least that I know of ) I may consider a diptych or triptych later.
Mk2 10X microscope lens camera setup.
Using EOS to M42 adapter £5, set of M42 extension tubes £10. M42 to RMS cone £20 and a cheapish Olympus 10X plan lens £28. All new either from Ebay or Amazon.
The narrow end makes it easier to rest the lens on my hand and get a reasonable angle on a potential subject on a surface