DIY Photography

[abortretryfail]

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10 bucks says this is probably how Gary Fong got the idea in the first place

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Extreme Macro Photography on a Budget

Be able to shoot this...


Ballpoint pen - Canon 50mm f/1.8 stopped down to f/4.0
shutter time approx. 0.3 seconds, ISO 100. Slightly cropped.
(see bigger version)

...at the expense of a can of pringles... and maybe a few extra calories

click here for the how-to article

[sister maria]

uhm, cheap reflectors, barndoors, etc...

http://www.lumiquest.com/

ooppss... hubby bought me a few of these around 2001... it was CHEAP then...

[pidz111]

nice tips guys!

[abortretryfail]

ringflash from a bunt cake pan

[click here for the instructions]

I know it's gonna be kinda hard to get the Norman strobe here
but we could modify it to fit a hotshoe flash...

at least it's better than spending two grand on these...

[adjong]

i use about 4 lighting setups and this is one of them.



these work 80% of the time but sometimes its hard to cover the reflections: 1. of the window and 2. of the lights themselves


50mm at f3.2, 1/125 with a 350d.


i have to retouch the reflections one-by-one to have a decent enough image.

any suggestions?

[abortretryfail]

move your lights 2 feet or more from the cloth for better diffusion and more even illumination.
it will also help reduce the hotspots being reflected off the metal surface.

[adjong]

thanks sen.

tried that but still the hotspots are obvious (on items with very shiny surfaces)

also tried both white and black tents and even a 6-lilght setup. because of the different angles of the shiny surface, some of the lights still gets reflected. anyways a 2-hour session w cs2 did the trick on this but please siggest any free info you can give.

salamat

[pidz111]

well i think if u want it out completely, i think u get a polarizer bro adjong

[abortretryfail]

FREE LENSHOODS...

....well sort of

actually it'll cost you a sheet of paper and some ink:



http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/