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Tabletop Studio

Postby Geoff M on Sun May 23, 2010 12:22 pm

OK, so I bought myself a light tent a good while back and have not used it very much so thought I should dust it off and have a go. Main purpose of the exercise was to try and ensure that even lighting was acheived. Subject matter was what I could lay my hands on at the time.

Lighting used was two off camera SB800's one each high left and right of light tent, fired remotely with the D90 on board flash. The onboard flash was shielded so that there was not too much front light and harsh reflections. Feed back would be greatly appreciated on the lighting. BTW the surface used to stand the subjects on is a 600mm square, black onyx tile I purchased last week for $10. Not as black as I was hoping for, more like a grey, but I can of course increase the black point in PS as I have done here. I had been searching for a black tile for ages..............you would not believe how diffucult it was. Most black tiles are produced in only small sizes, 300 sq being the biggest. Anything bigger had decorative specks, flecks or veining which are added as it is near impossible to acheive a good plain black finish, but hey I digress.........on with the images.

I wanted to get the complete reflection in on this but the tile was just too small for the size of the subject.
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Being a pom and partial to a cuppa, had to take some shots of this!
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......and a leaf I had previously stuck in the deep freeze for another project I have in mind :wink:
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Re: Tabletop Studio

Postby Wink on Sun May 23, 2010 1:19 pm

Looks good.

I've seen mention on here before of using black perspex instead of tile. Maybe that's a better option?
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Re: Tabletop Studio

Postby Geoff M on Sun May 23, 2010 1:32 pm

Wink wrote:Looks good.

I've seen mention on here before of using black perspex instead of tile. Maybe that's a better option?


Yes, black perspex (acrylic) is a good option, but it would be very unlikely you would get a piece 600sq for $10! It's expensive stuff.
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Re: Tabletop Studio

Postby CraigVTR on Sun May 23, 2010 2:53 pm

Geoff
The lighting looks good.
1)Very even blanced light,
2)A couple of reflections off the teapot, but I like them,
3) love it, very surreal and magical,
4)like this as well, very different.

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Re: Tabletop Studio

Postby zafra52 on Sun May 23, 2010 4:31 pm

I like them all for different reasons.
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