I'm at odds with the way you think, Larry.
When I'm going for a walk, even if I take my camera, the least thing I
want to haul around is a box painted black on the inside, even a
cardboard one.
If I thought there was a chance of some blooms on my walk wanting, no,
begging me to capture their loveliness, I would at best shove a black
umbrella in my back pocket, one that folds to about 10" in length.
This is Seattle, after all. :-)) Pop that baby open and prop it a
foot or so behind the flower, with the sun at the brelly's back and
side. Be sure you buy one with all the metal anodized black.
P o r t a b l e....
On Apr 8, 2010, at 13:13 , Larry Colen wrote:
On 4/8/2010 12:02 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
but made out of an opaque black fabric. I suppose I could do
something
similar with the light tent and opaque fabric over it, but I figured
I'd ask if anyone knows of such a "porta-cave" already on the
market.
Not sure what the question really is here. Are you looking to shoot
flowers on a black background in your house?
Nope, at home is easy.
You know that you really just need for your subject to be a few stops
brighter than your background (about 4.5 I think) and your background
will be black. You can shoot your flowers using flash on a table
where
the "background" is through a doorway into a dark hallway or
similar and
you'll get the effect of a completely black background. This is
especially true if you keep a smallish aperture, like f5.6-f8.
Yup, it's easy to do at home. Just use flash indoors, or shoot at
night.
I'd like something for when I'm out on a walk and want to get that
sort of shot without having to cut off the flower.
I suspect you'll get no satisfaction from your "dark tent". If you
setup
a flat black painted surface anywhere near your subject and any of
your
light spills onto it, your background will show up as some shade of
grey.
That's why I was talking about setting up a "porta cave". Aim it so
that the light isn't shining directly into it.
If I'm honest with myself it's probably more a case of a solution in
search of a problem. I had this "great idea" that's probably more
intriguing to me than the actual photos would be.
Joseph McAllister
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