On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:50 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > > > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 8:15 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > >> They look delish, Christine! > >> > >> Can't speak to the sharpness (can't really tell at that image size), > >> but they are underexposed. The wax paper should look white rather than > >> grey. > >> > >> To guarantee the best sharpness I'd setup on a tripod and take about > >> 5-6 shots at different focus-points, ranging from focussed on the > >> closest pastry, then at intervals to the rear. Then combine the shots > >> in a stack in Ps. > >> > > > > That's an interesting idea, Bruce, Thanks! I shot at iso 1600 and the > > white balance is off, I know. I'll work on that. I was just too lazy to > > get the tripod out. Cheers, Christine > > I suspect that this is one of those applications where the ringflash adapter > would be handy.
I suspect not. At any distance Christine would likely be shooting the ring-light will look like a small source and cast harsh shadows. > Or even one of those speedlight soft box adapters with the speedlight on a > cable off to the side a bit. Those things are not much larger than the ring-light, source-wise. A diffuse source at least as large as that tray would be best. An 18" softbox minimum, I'd say. A cheaper bet would be a shoot-through umbrella or simply the diffuser from a 5-in-1 reflector combo with the strobe fired through it. Either way, arrange the light source above. Something I'd try in this case is a 24" (or larger) silver reflector held above the pastries, then fire the flash angled upward from below (off to one side of the table) so as to hit the middle of the reflector and spread an even light downward onto the tarts. The silver surface would boost specular reflections off of the custard surface and the fruit and get you nice sparkly points along with the bright even light. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
