Macro Light Box

I MADE ONE! Well, if you saw my last post, you know that i have a problem with lighting, so i made a light box! So here it is. Let me start by saying that i know that the noise is ridiculously high in all of them, because i usually forget to check my ISO, but here they are!

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Very cool idea. Damn, wish I would've seen this before I spent 99 bucks on one. Good job.

i cannot take credit for this idea, but here is the link on how to make one if anyone is interested: http://strobist.blogsp​ot.com …0-macro-photo-studio.html

If you're posting here, you should be looking for comment and criticism on your photos. Is that what you're doing? If so, then I think you should watch your white balance to ensure a pure white background. You can adjust in post, too. If not, then this post belongs somewhere else in the forum.

Looks like my light box.

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yes i was looking for critique and tips, but how exactly did u get such a pure background?

could it be my light? I am just using a desk lamp, nothing fancy

I was using a desk lamp, too. I had to modify on the computer using levels. I took one of your photos for modification. I saw you turned on your Image Editing OK. Watch your shadows... You clipped it in the lower left corner.

Also, play around with the light... you can light all three panels at once or two or just one... they will give different effects. You can also introduce a light from the front, too, to create fill

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Nice. Here's a picture of mine:

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They are a great DIY project that produces great product pictures.

Here's a pic of the results:

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nice job in post ^ i need to build one of these...

how did you put it in the lower left corner, i dont see how you could have cropped it, because it almost filled the whole picture (oops) so i guess dont understand how you gave it more white background, obviously you changed the levels, but the doesnt affect the size of the background or placement of the ball.

sorry reign my last post is kind of confusing i guess what i should of asked is that did you cut out the ball and its shadow and paste it onto a plain white background?

oh... I just picked it up and threw it in the corner...

jk... once i changed the levels to create a pure white background, i can just expand the canvas and paint the rest of it white. white on white is... well, white.

but just a suggestion/question, could you use the pen tool to deselect the ball and its shadow and then change the levels so that you keep the color of the ball but get that pure white background?

you could, but it's harder and precision depends on your skill with the pen tool or other selection tool. if the goal is to get a white background, then how i did it took 10 seconds.

What I was trying to show you, though, was not post processing. What I wanted to illustrate (literally), was the importance of composition even with a simple subject like a rubberband ball on a white background.

i tried editing the turtle and i think it turned out really nice, so here it is:

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