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Improvised Tent Lighting
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Uploaded: 04/06/08 6:06 AM GMT
Improvised Tent Lighting
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Highly reflective surfaces provide an interesting challenge. To create super-soft light for photographing proof coins, I cut a whole in a piece of typing paper, and inserted the lens. To create irregularities in the mirror-like reflections, black target patches can be strategically placed underneath the tent prior to illuminating the back side of the tent with a strobe.
Note the harsher reflections of coins not under the tent.
Not very elegant looking, but it's an effective low-cost solution method of providing extremely soft illumination of a macro area.
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Think I would have just used a flash...just kidding:) Thanks for the look into the inner workings Don.
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Thanks for the tip Don - always such trial and error methods work wonders. No one would have guessed that I had used a clothes peg and a paper napkin in one of my photos
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If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
Oh, Don thanks a lot for sharing this method with us! I haven't got much experience with macros but when I was working on "Tragedy of Shah-maat", I had a lot of troubles with glaring and reflection. I think your solution is a practical inexpensive one, as evidenced by your wonderful coin series. Thanks again! I'll "Fav" this for future reference!
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Thanks Don for the Photo and Lesson.
Now Fed EX that Black Covered Binder to me ASAP. LOL.
Few Bucks in that Baby I'm sure.
E J
Now Fed EX that Black Covered Binder to me ASAP. LOL.
Few Bucks in that Baby I'm sure.
E J
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The picture speaks for itself you can say take care
Deana
Deana
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Pictures say a thousand words but the artist taking the picture can say more. Take care and god bless you and yours each and every day'
tiptopwebsite.com - TexasChipee
A grand tutorial, my friend. I guess that's what it's all about on Caedes !!!
:)PJ
:)PJ
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We don’t make art to show someone what something looks like. All this requires is eyes (or a lens). Art is supposed to have meaning, emotion, power, or magic. Alan & Mario "FourThirds"
ha, so thats how you got the lovely lighting and clarity on the coins! thanks for sharing that lesson with us!
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Now I understand how you where able to make such fine presentations.Yankee inventiveness we would say here.
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WOW this looks like quite the setup Don...one has to be creative and experiment...the results are great...well worth the effort...gerry
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"The more we come in contact with animals, and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care for their young." - philosopher Immanuel Kant
Ann