I use a lot of Black and White backgrounds. One thing I have to take into consideration is every picture I take ends up in Black and White in the UFT newsletter and then ends up in color on the website. I use my Nikon 995 Hans recommended and it's really improved my pictures. It took a lot of trial and error trying to figure out how something will look when it's in print. I have to keep the background very bare and the contrasts sharp when I know it will be printed in B&W. When I don't have to worry about the B&W then I look at a lot of my favorite books that Radencich as done the photographing for. He does an amazing job at adding small things to the pictures I never would've thought of like a vintage vice, tools or large solid colored feathers as the background. Russ Morris sent me some really nice pictures he took. He did something very similar and it was a nice touch. His flies really popped out of the picture. I prefer natural light preferably an overcast day. I have a soft box to diffuse the harsh light but I haven't used much... http://www.ezcube.com/documents/ezcube_features.htm Regards, Deb
www.uftri.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arne Halvorsen Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Spezio on photographing flies Try a peice of black paper. "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Tony. I have a stand-mounted LED flashlight, the one I used at Sow Bug to light my flies when I was tying, that I can set behind the white paper, aimed at the fly. I'm gonna try the white poly drip tray first and if that doesn't pan out, I'll definitely switch to the LED flashlight. How close to the sheet of white paper does the LED light need to be? JD Anthony Spezio wrote: Jimmy. Another thing I have done is use a LED Flashlight to light up the back of the fly through a sheet of white paper This gives some defused light to the back of the fly and eliminates the shadow. It is something you have to play with. This is a "quick and dirty" way of doing it in a pinch. Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.
