JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Yes please on the continuous lights, I don't have flashes either.
I look forward to watching the tutorial!I am trying to get my video finished with a 10 minute bonsai photography tutorial to start from having sun light to flashes a couple pieces of paper and a basic point and shoot camera. I will try to add in continuous lights as the ones you have. Wish me luck for recording the weekend if the weather permits, I have it almost scripted.
Yes please on the continuous lights, I don't have flashes either.
Try some black felt hung on a rod.Yeah, I remember the softboxes from studio work I have done in the past. I want to get a couple colors to clip over my lights to improve the tint as well.. What do you recommend for that? I was thinking of getting a red, blue and yellow, but don't really know where to go for that sort of stuff.
My biggest issue with my backdrop now is that it is too reflective. I need something flat, that does not reflect light so I can get a true black like you have in this shot. I moved the tree away more, but I am running out of room! The diffused light makes for a nice soft image, but shadow isn't my issue as much as the reflection off the satiny fabric.
You could probably get away with something like this for 48x36 collapsible backdrop for 26 bucks.Yeah, I remember the softboxes from studio work I have done in the past. I want to get a couple colors to clip over my lights to improve the tint as well.. What do you recommend for that? I was thinking of getting a red, blue and yellow, but don't really know where to go for that sort of stuff.
My biggest issue with my backdrop now is that it is too reflective. I need something flat, that does not reflect light so I can get a true black like you have in this shot. I moved the tree away more, but I am running out of room! The diffused light makes for a nice soft image, but shadow isn't my issue as much as the reflection off the satiny fabric.
Or this even...So, for portability, this obviously will not work, but for my static location... I was thinking something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/72-Manual-P...883?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463d5bdf7b
Or something comparable... Obviously would want one that pulls down far enough to make a decent back drop...
Thanks Vance!You are doing well with your photographs.
Yes m'am! That is the ole "Chines" Quince stump I made a thread about... Left the damn E off the end of ChinesE in the thread title somehow... I wired it out after taking this pic, but haven't posted that update yet. May post it to the thread about the tree today.Second one is Chinese Quince? Thanks for the pictures, very pretty blooms.
Thanks buddy... I think!The first pic of the red one there is dope.
Not great to look at the tree.
But wicked sick to look at the picture.
You're really upping your Game.....Cock!
Sorce
I know it might help, but I have limited space. I have moved the trees forward a couple feet from where they were, but unless I bring the camera closer to get a tighter range of focus on the trees, it will not blur out the back drop very well and if I DO bring the camera closer, the perspective makes it thought to keep the background covering the entire shot... It would also probably distort the trees a bit more than the transition to 2 dimensional images already does.. I am deffinitely still tweaking my set up though.It was mentioned earlier (MACH maybe?), but you'd do well to increase the distance between the plants and the background. This would send any detail in the background further out of focus and ...due to the inverse-square law of physics (as it pertains to light anyway), would diminish the amount of light on the background (making any details in it less prominent).