Thanks, Markus and Bob. As for the scratch, it's probably a reflection. Although I did clone out a small bubble in the glass.
One of the reasons I like the PDML is getting to appreciate the work of so many great photographers. It inspires me all the time. It's part of what drives me to shoot (and re-shoot) pictures like this. -Brendan --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Brendan > Photos like yours encourage my creativity to > experiment as well :-) > Next week I should finally get my K10D - order > status changes again daily > now - and want to try some table top stills to make > myself familiar with the > new Pentax body. Well done, I like it. Do I see a > scratch on the glass of > the bulb right to "the fire" ? > greetings > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Bob Sullivan > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:04 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - dim bulb > > > Brendan, > A late comment, but a wonderful picture. > Remindes me of some of he Doc Edgerton shots... > Regards, Bob S. (an old techie) > > On 2/25/07, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.primelensphoto.com/bulb.jpg > > > > > > > >K10D + A*85mm f1.4, Av mode, ISO 100, f11, > +2EV, > > > >1/180, (2X)540 flashes + manual white balance. > > > > > > > >Comments welcome. > > > > > > > >-Brendan > > > >========== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok- how did you do that? > > > I missed looking at it for a while - then read > > > through a bunch of posts > > > hoping to see that you revealed. > > > > > > ann > > > > Not as much Photoshop as you might think. I made a > > custom cord for it and soldered one wire to the > base > > and taped the other to the threads (it's aluminum > so > > you can't solder it there). I put a dimmer on the > hot > > leg to control the output better and fed most of > the > > cable through the white paper background. About > 5-6 > > inches of cable is laying behind the bulb taped > flat > > to the table top. A tiny bit of the tape needed to > be > > cloned out in Photoshop (I actually used the > healing > > brush tool). The only other photoshop "clean up" > was > > to remove the reflections of the umbrellas. > > > > The tape that held the cable was enough to hold > the > > bulb upright. > > > > The most difficult thing was the white balance. > Since > > I was using strobes to shoot a tungsten source, I > had > > to manually set the WB with both sources. That was > > tricky. Plus, I continually adjusted the > luminosity of > > the bulb with the dimmer which changes exposure > and > > color temperature at the same time. I basically > had to > > wing it after a while. > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > > > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
