Son's Hobby

[Alex]

It's been a rainy day in Melbourne tpday. My 6 yr old son spent 3-4 hours non-stop assembling this lego toy. I thought I would capture his efforts.



Thanks for looking

Alex

[rflower]

Nice clean macro shot. Good even lighting. Good enough to be on the front of the instructions.

How did you light it?
Nice reflective table you have it on.
How did you light the background?

[gstark]

Alex,

I think there's a been a recall from Lego on the engines used in that kit. Something about an oil leak?

Seriously, nice clean image.

[biggerry]

Good enough to be on the front of the instructions.

nice one Alex.

[Reschsmooth]

Alex,

I think there's a been a recall from Lego on the engines used in that kit. Something about an oil leak?

Seriously, nice clean image.

And I still know who I would feel more comfortable flying with, and it ain't the 90 year old.

Seriously, great image.

[Alex]

Thank you all for your generous comments. It was fun shooting this.

LoL Gary!

Alex

[Alex]

Nice clean macro shot. Good even lighting. Good enough to be on the front of the instructions.

How did you light it?
Nice reflective table you have it on.
How did you light the background?

Hi. I lit it with 3 lights

1 x SB-800 on the camera left (in a soft box)

1 x Elinchrome D-lite 400 on camera right and above the subject as a fill (in a large softbox).

1 x SB-25 with blue gel on a white wall as background to give some blue colour gradient.

WB was slightly cool (daylight) even though it was all lit by flash.

It was a normal dining wooden table whose surface has some reflective properties.

Cheers
Alex

[surenj]

Love this! Great color scheme as well. Did you shoot any other color schemes though?

Thanks for providing the strobist info! How did you trigger?

[Alex]

Love this! Great color scheme as well. Did you shoot any other color schemes though?

Thanks for providing the strobist info! How did you trigger?

Hi Suren,

Just tried the blue gel as I wanted to use the colour of the sky and it was really late at night and I wanted to go to bed .

I triggered with the cheap ebay triggers (which have been pretty reliable to me, btw). The two nikon flashes were connected to receivers but D-lite was an optical slave.

Alex

[surenj]

Thanks Alex for the info. I guess the other option could have been to trigger the SB25 via the ebay trigger and use the SU-4 mode on the 800...

[Alex]

Thanks Alex for the info. I guess the other option could have been to trigger the SB25 via the ebay trigger and use the SU-4 mode on the 800...

That would work equally well. I just have 2 receivers and wanted to exercise the batteries.

Alex

[rookie2]

just trying to work out who is the smarter one here - the constructor or the photographer?

Hats off to your both Alex - creativity is alive and well in Melbourne ( assuming you aren't Collingwood supporters of course )
cheers
Damian

[Alex]

just trying to work out who is the smarter one here - the constructor or the photographer?

Hats off to your both Alex - creativity is alive and well in Melbourne ( assuming you aren't Collingwood supporters of course )
cheers
Damian

Thanks very much, Damian.

Alex