Mike Hamilton wrote: >> http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream04.htm > > Those are gorgeous, Mark. I really love the blue background. > > A couple of questions for you: what's your lens setup? Are you using > a plain macro, or extension tubes/bellows? Also, are these crops? > What's your background? > > Sorry to ask all of your techniques, but those are great.
Thanks for the comment, Mike. No problem sharing the technique - I'm actually working on a post for my blog that will describe it all in detail. It's an extremely difficult and demanding undertaking, and requires the most professional and high tech gear. It can only be done under the most pristine and controlled environment. A picture is worth a thousand words so - http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/IMGP2537.jpg :-)) OK - it's just a 50mm macro lens, on a bellows with some extension tubes. The snow flakes are caught on the glass plate which is put on the top of the coffee can. A flash in under the can, shining up through the crystal. Blue bits of plastic are on the coffee can lid (which is stuffed into the can a ways) to create the blue background. The biggest challenge is getting the bits of blue plastic, the diffuser (a.k.a. coffee can lid) and angle of the flash just right. I'm using an *ist-D because it will do TTL flash without any lens contact info. The K10D, as far as I can tell, won't do TTL flash unless the lens is connected to the body with contacts in place. HTH - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
