Nice lighting setup. I see you have a softbox on the flash unit as well. Where did you aim it? Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/police-badge-02/ > > > > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Very nice Godders, very clean-looking and detailed enough. > > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Very nice. Perhaps a bit better on the lighting than the first set, > > although that could be a function of the badges and their > > reflectivity. Thanks for sharing. > > Thank you both for the comments and compliments! > > I went for a slightly flatter overall rendering on this set compared > to the first on, the EZ-Cube certainly helped with that and with > managing difficult reflections from the surroundings. I've found I do > need that Giottos tripod ... the copystand I used as a camera support > doesn't work with the EZ Cube and the Bogen/Manfrotto 3444D legs > don't have a tilting column so it becomes a challenge to get the > camera into the right position for this work. The Giottos 8160 legs > are on my next B&H order now. > > I thought to go with the FA77 for a little more working room too, but > it turned out that to get the image size I wanted it was just a hair > too short and I was right on the cusp between the shortest extension > tube and no extension tube at all. I tried the FA135 and it worked > well but the rendering was a little too flat. I went back to the 50 > Macro and worked closer in the end. > > Here's a page showing the lighting setup for set 2: > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/badge2setup/ > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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