Walczak Photo
22nd of April 2008 (Tue), 11:40
Hey Folks,
I hope this is the right place to post this....somehow it seemed more appropriate than Nature and Wildlife.
I don't normally do shots like this and I'm certainly not a "studio photographer" (at least not yet) but I had a few minutes yesterday and I had just gotten some fresh roses for my wife the day before, so I was messing around a bit.
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5933/img2171xm0.jpg
This one was shot with my Canon Rebel XT and Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens at f/3.5, 1/30 sec ISO 100. For lighting I used my Bower flash off camera fired into a silver/gold umbrella and a desk lamp down on the side to bring out the stem a little bit. The back lighting was done with a hand held Mag light and the back drop is actually my t-shirt that I duct taped to the wall! LOL!!! I used an old Windex bottle rinsed and filled with water to "moisen things up a bit". Lot's of improvising here :D.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2181/img2116vg6.jpg
This second shot used a similar setup, but instead of using the flash and the desk lamp, the flower is simply lit with the Mag light. I guess in a way you might consider this "painting with light". The settings here were f/8, 2.5 sec ISO 400.
Both shots were poked, prodded and totally beaten into submission in Photoshop.
As always, C&C is welcomed and encouraged....since I was just playing around here, I'd like to know what people like and what folks think could have been done better!
Peace,
Jim
I hope this is the right place to post this....somehow it seemed more appropriate than Nature and Wildlife.
I don't normally do shots like this and I'm certainly not a "studio photographer" (at least not yet) but I had a few minutes yesterday and I had just gotten some fresh roses for my wife the day before, so I was messing around a bit.
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5933/img2171xm0.jpg
This one was shot with my Canon Rebel XT and Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens at f/3.5, 1/30 sec ISO 100. For lighting I used my Bower flash off camera fired into a silver/gold umbrella and a desk lamp down on the side to bring out the stem a little bit. The back lighting was done with a hand held Mag light and the back drop is actually my t-shirt that I duct taped to the wall! LOL!!! I used an old Windex bottle rinsed and filled with water to "moisen things up a bit". Lot's of improvising here :D.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2181/img2116vg6.jpg
This second shot used a similar setup, but instead of using the flash and the desk lamp, the flower is simply lit with the Mag light. I guess in a way you might consider this "painting with light". The settings here were f/8, 2.5 sec ISO 400.
Both shots were poked, prodded and totally beaten into submission in Photoshop.
As always, C&C is welcomed and encouraged....since I was just playing around here, I'd like to know what people like and what folks think could have been done better!
Peace,
Jim