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Seashells - lighting practice

 
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Aug 30, 2010 04:41 |  #1

I decided to play with my flash lights again - this time I used my daughter's seashell collection as subjects. i wanted the shiny shells and the spiny shells to practice diffusing hotspots and reflections. Do you think I was successful?

I also wanted to practice using a "batch" technique for PP, so all were processed in Adobe camera RAW using the same settings and no PP done in Photoshop - just JPeggified and reduced in size for Flickr.

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I have others, but didn't want to overdo it here...



  
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Aug 30, 2010 08:42 |  #2

Have you tried making a lightbox? Its very easy and cheap, and these hotspots would be less of a problem.


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Aug 30, 2010 09:26 |  #3

Angry Dad wrote in post #10815683 (external link)
Have you tried making a lightbox? Its very easy and cheap, and these hotspots would be less of a problem.

That's tonight's project! ;)




  
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Aug 30, 2010 09:42 as a reply to  @ Bend The Light's post |  #4

The focus seems to be an issue ? Maybe just me, but the most clear shell is the last center...
I agree about the DIY lightbox, will bring out at the details you will want.


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