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05/24/2006 08:12:56 AM |
For those who were asking basically shot this on the spur of the moment, at the house with a couple of black scrim boards for the background (didn't have all the supplies at the house...oops), found the darkest room I could work in and shot it there.
Setup was simple: D70, SB-800, sync cord, tripod and another pair of hands to handle the spinning of the cap (flicked like a quarter). D70 set to 1 sec exposure F6.3 to keep things in the parameters for the SB-800 in Strobe Repeat mode. SB set at 1/64 and 10 strobes per second. Wife would spin the cap, if it looked like it would be in the frame, I'd fire the camera...again, and again, and again.... Sync corded the SB so I could place the light to get best reflection from the cap logo, tripod just helped keep everything steady.
Exposure problems abounded, trying to get a nice reflection of the logo without killing the strobed effect was quite interesting. I'm guessing this is where those that seemed to find "lack of contrast" are complaining...exposure, histogram, and leveling dictate otherwise as it's tip to tip on the scale, just indicative of this type of exposure effect without some decent post work.
If I had the chance to do it over, would have found some nicer materials to use for the background, maybe add plexi for reflection. Probably could have salvaged the BG in post, but it was a basic editing challenge.
Thanks for all the helpful comments!!! |
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05/23/2006 07:15:58 PM |
| i can't get over how awesome this shot is! please pm on how you did this, this is one of my favorites |
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05/23/2006 11:54:41 AM |
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05/23/2006 10:06:46 AM |
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05/23/2006 09:17:35 AM |
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05/23/2006 06:04:03 AM |
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05/22/2006 04:21:33 PM |
| I'm getting dizzy. my top pick great job |
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05/21/2006 10:43:55 PM |
| Very interesting image and very well done. I predict a high finish for this entry. |
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05/21/2006 08:54:26 PM |
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05/21/2006 07:03:19 PM |
| Wow! How did you do that? |
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05/20/2006 04:38:13 PM |
| Awesome photo. Great effect with the spining cap. Good job. |
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05/19/2006 11:10:48 PM |
| Excellent. So how many takes did you take to get the perfect logo placement? |
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05/19/2006 10:38:39 PM |
| I liked the idea! Would've also been very hard to do, capturing Nikon across the face, and achieving a good spherical appearance from the spin. It would've looked nicer if it was against a nicer background, or nicer coloured backround of varying contrast though. |
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05/19/2006 05:24:30 PM |
All I can say is 10.
Good luck! |
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05/19/2006 09:16:48 AM |
| Very nice idea. Just the background is a litle bit distracting. More contras to the photo would be good. |
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05/19/2006 06:27:20 AM |
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05/18/2006 11:22:27 PM |
| Great photo! Perfectly captures the motion. |
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05/18/2006 10:23:18 PM |
| Not sure what it is/how it was done, but it's pretty interesting! |
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05/18/2006 07:21:49 PM |
| that is so cool it deserves a 10 |
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05/18/2006 06:22:32 PM |
| This is a dificult shot. It looks great. |
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05/18/2006 03:08:50 PM |
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05/18/2006 01:08:50 PM |
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05/18/2006 11:19:31 AM |
| Interesting effect. Is the lenscap really spinning or is this some kind of double exposure? |
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05/18/2006 09:44:03 AM |
| Nice capture! How many tries did it take to get the Nikon to come out properly? It would've been more striking if it was slightly darker, less exposed |
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05/18/2006 04:32:09 AM |
Would be really great with a Canon lenscap. ;)
Just joking (badly), I like the effect. Created with strobo? |
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05/18/2006 12:47:53 AM |
| Great job! Very original. |
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05/17/2006 09:25:07 PM |
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05/17/2006 05:18:56 PM |
| Great shot. I was starting to fall asleep looking at these but this is something different. Good luck! |
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05/17/2006 12:21:58 PM |
| good concept, not enough contrast |
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05/17/2006 11:37:37 AM |
| Hey, this idea is mine!:) Yeah I have this idea, but made other thing. Good shot. |
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05/17/2006 10:48:55 AM |
| This is quite cool... love the Nikon left standing in the middle |
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05/17/2006 09:38:09 AM |
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05/17/2006 09:14:18 AM |
| Amazing shot.. how'd you do it?? HOW!!! |
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05/17/2006 09:10:34 AM |
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05/17/2006 02:13:36 AM |
| nice motion and you still managed to get good detail, love your title too |
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05/17/2006 01:13:34 AM |
| This looks rad, there appears to be some rough noise on the surface, or maybe this monitor is screwed again... still, 9 |
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