Great stuff, Collin. These look excellent. I noticed a surprising amount of colour noise in #2 though, easily seen in the darks and even the darker mid-tones. Are you employing any NR at all? It looks like what I see when shooting RAW at ISO 400 without enabling any colour NR in Lightroom.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > With the modest amount of work and expense in my booth, > the results have proven respectable. > > Image #1: > http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/lighting/40677-1.jpg > This is a very shiny object. Though displayed horizontally > here, it was shot vertically. Though I am shooting through a slot > between my foam-core boards, I was able to reduce the slot reflection > black spot by simply adding a bit of white cloth at the base of the slot > The result was that the slot is only visible at the top end of the item, > notable by the dark reflection in the center. I could get rid of that > with another piece of filler cloth, and may in the near future > > Image #2: > http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/lighting/76555DK3.jpg > This lighting arrangement has proven ideal for deep objects. > Light fills the object without adding bright spots or harsh > shadows. > > With the two Interfit Cool-Lite 6 units I'm usually shooting > 1/40 @ f/18 - f/22. > > My booth: > http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/lighting/studio.jpg > For those with the book "Light Science and Magic" this arrangement > is a variation of the 6.20 and 6.31 solutions. It was intended > to compensate for both round and deep objects. Since shooting > this, I have added white ends, rear center, and a white partial > top cover for and added volume soft light. > > I've left the front slot mostly open for the sake of convenience. > It takes enough time to shoot that front access is beneficial. > And since only a small percentage are highly reflective, it > poses no noticeable lighting issues. > > Though we are not concerned about image perfection, > my goal is to get the images as nice as possible without > having to do anything more than quickly cut them out from their > background. The goal of a quality image is there and, again, > the customer remains uber happy. I call it job security. > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- -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.
