Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

navydoc wrote in post #18390352
Here's a pullback from the other day. It shows the two stripboxes, tall narrow softboxes, along with a beautydish, gray background, and reflector I used for a selfie.

I'll post a link to the selfie instead of posting it again.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/VvPr​ZD Setup by Gene, on Flickr

The link:

https://www.flickr.com …4812907502/in/d​ateposted/

Quite involved compared to me sitting in my doghouse blind
But I'd like to explore that genre sometime. I guess I just need to start collecting the parts and pieces.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18390471
I need to check with Poof and make sure she has that trip on the calendar. I know she's got me on a 25 day trip Yellowstone/Glacier end of August.

Wow, that sounds amazing. I've done two and three-weekers to Glacier and just can't get enough of the place. Especially love the awesomeness of Many Glacier and Two Medicine.

Yellowstone is great, especially for wildlife, but the scenery is dull in comparison.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18390477
Wow, that sounds amazing. I've done two and three-weekers to Glacier and just can't get enough of the place. Especially love the awesomeness of Many Glacier and Two Medicine.

Yellowstone is great, especially for wildlife, but the scenery is dull in comparison.

I'm the same about Glacier. Been 4 times now and can't wait to return.

My FE28F2 listed

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1482932

David,TSmith, if you guys have specific places I need to hit in Glacier let me know.
I've been to both places in the past but that was a few years ago.
In Yellowstone I'll be at Lamar Valley and Hayden Valley in the early a.m. and evenings looking for
critters. Last time in Yellowstone I paddle camped on the lake for 5 days and saw nary a soul save one
lone backpacker way off in the distance. Poof needs to see some of the places I'd normally avoid--Old Faithful, etc.,
so I'll suffer along for those afternoon forays.

navydoc wrote in post #18390287
Here's my quick try using two strip lights but...I did cheat by selecting the lens in post, inverting and darkening down the bg. I also made a second selection of the lens to boost the highlights.

It's not as good as I would lke but I'll save this challenge for another attempt later.

I'm really enjoying my strip boxes. They're bigger than I would prefer but at $45 each, I couldn't go too wrong.

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Gene you got some real skills

davidfarina wrote in post #18390602
Gene you got some real skills

Thanks. It wasn't easy making a selection of the lens against a dark background but it helped to use the 'quick selection tool' in combination with the 'pen tool'. I've been trying to get more practice with using the pen tool lately too.

Gene I have a studio day in July. I hope you dont mind but I'm copying your lighting setup hah. Going to snag two of those strip boxes.

mystik610 wrote in post #18390675
Gene I have a studio day in July. I hope you dont mind but I'm copying your lighting setup hah. Going to snag two of those strip boxes.

I'm looking forward to seeing your results Carlo. These stripboxes have a Bowens mount btw.

I do love the sun stars from the Loxia 21. Not a great sunrise yesterday though.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.alfredomora​photo.com …cture/n-WM9Ps/i-rCLgNLp/A

Overcast skies can really make for nice soft light.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/W2xQ​Lj

navydoc wrote in post #18390690
I'm looking forward to seeing your results Carlo. These stripboxes have a Bowens mount btw.

Yeah I need to snag those godox bowens brackets too. Also need to replace the battery pack on my AD360 since I fried it.

Photography money pit...

digital_AM wrote in post #18390700
I do love the sun stars from the Loxia 21. Not of a sunrise yesterday though.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.alfredomora​photo.com …cture/n-WM9Ps/i-rCLgNLp/A

Awesome! I really like the way the sun's reflection in the patio furniture makes it stand out. Did you also use the darken/lighten filter in Color Efex 4?

navydoc wrote in post #18390728
Awesome! I really like the way the sun's reflection in the patio furniture makes it stand out. Did you also use the darken/lighten filter in Color Efex 4?

Thanks Gene. Actually I didn't use Color Efex on this one. I used Photomatix for the blending and then most of the edits were done in LR.

The sky appears a bit gray and darker up too. That's from the mesh metal roof, not HDR blending.

mystik610 wrote in post #18390675
Gene I have a studio day in July. I hope you dont mind but I'm copying your lighting setup hah. Going to snag two of those strip boxes.

You remind me that I have a Westcott 48" strip box I need to get rid of. Even have a grid for it.

Before I moved I wanted to do more studio product and still life projects, but now I literally have no room for that.