Well, thanks Igor, but I'm afraid your suggestions put me in mind of a fragment of Bruce Springsteen lyric:
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun Oh, but Mama, that's where the fun is I can just imagine you giving advice like this to a test pilot: "you would experience a smoother ride with none of those annoying sonic booms if you would keep your airspeed below 767 miles per hour." Thing is, going really fast is the whole point! :) In my case, creating a huge field of crazy specular reflections was my whole point. The large hard silver light source was directly behind me so the model is surrounded by millions of points of sparkling light. Kudos to the Pentax lenses and coatings that let me do this with massive veiling flare. Sure I could substitute a black background or shift the lights off-axis but I'd have a completely different image then, and not what I was after. On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Dan. > > For this "silver" image, I think silver-on-silver doesn't work too well: > The separation of the two "metals" is not sufficient, even though the > pattern of the backdrop helps somewhat. > It even creates an illusion of a "floating" head (as if the head > is inserted in a hole in the board with some picture drawn on the board). > I am thinking if a dark (black?) backdrop would've been better. > > And, probably, there are too many light reflections from the backdrop. > Maybe if instead of straight-on light that gives rise to those, two lights > from both sides at some 30-45 degrees would both issues that I mentioned > here. Basically, I am thinking along the lines of reducing specular > reflections from the backdrop, making it more diffused light. > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > Daniel J. Matyola Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:47:17 -0800 wrote: > > Interesting, but I prefer the one you chose for the PUG. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I had a number of reasonable alternatives to post for the "Tools" PUG >> theme. This was one of the best contenders ... >> >> https://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/23435209925/lightbox/ >> >> Don't worry: completely safe image, fully clothed. Rated G for general >> audiences. :) >> >> 645Z, DFA645 f:2.8 55mm, f:11, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO. >> >> Lighting: >> 1. Paul C Buff 7 foot extreme silver PLM behind camera, perpendicular >> to background. >> 2. PCB Litemod 7" reflector with 10 degree grid camera-left a bit, >> aimed at model's face. >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> -- >> -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. -- -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.
