Interesting. I imagine one could build a similar item for much less.
Thanks for the tips.
Tom C.
From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Ring Light Recommendations?
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:50:49 -0500
On 3/04/06 3:07 PM, "Tom C", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have quite a few mineral
> specimens that I'd like to photograph for abstracts (not to mention it's
> usefulness for flowers).
I used to photograph small metal objects (for myself) and jewelries (for my
wife).
If your "mineral specimens" has any glitters, ring light may not be the
ideal solution. It will flatten out the objects, sometimes the glitters
render quite different colours and in general, the results would be too
harsh.
I experimented with all sorts of lighting but settled with "diffusion"
solution. I actually bought a "cloud dome" (too expensive for what it
does);
http://www.clouddome.com
which worked best and brought out most natural colours and textures.
I also made similar setups using trash boxes made of translucent plastic
materials.
I am not sure if above applies to your project though.
Ken
