A sneak preview... I am post-processing these figures, could take a while :salute::
As usual fantastic work. Despite your fine tutorial earlier in this thread do you think you
could once again share a word about the placement/position of the two flash-lights in your setup?
I simply can not undestand how they are NOT going to effect the exposure of the entire picture.
I do get the point of "flashing away" the background of the picture by directing the flash onto
the white background - but the flashlight will illuminate more than just the background???
Isn't it bound to reflect into the foreground towards the camera as well?
How do you control the proper exposure time? Measureing the amount of light necessary for
photographing the figure with just the light from the three static lamps seems obvious but how do you control the extra light of the flashlights? Sorry about the bother .....
Kind regards
Wolfgang
A sneak preview... I am post-processing these figures, could take a while :salute::
As usual fantastic work. Despite your fine tutorial earlier in this thread do you think you
could once again share a word about the placement/position of the two flash-lights in your setup?
I simply can not undestand how they are NOT going to effect the exposure of the entire picture.
I do get the point of "flashing away" the background of the picture by directing the flash onto
the white background - but the flashlight will illuminate more than just the background???
Isn't it bound to reflect into the foreground towards the camera as well?
How do you control the proper exposure time? Measureing the amount of light necessary for
photographing the figure with just the light from the three static lamps seems obvious but how do you control the extra light of the flashlights? Sorry about the bother .....
Kind regards
Wolfgang
If you are referring to above image, that is is taken from an iPHONE 4S. That one is a quickie shot using 2 iKEA Table lamps to shine at the 4 figures - no flash used at all
For the "white" background shot the flash are position behind the figure over a white A3 80gm paper. To "contain" flash flare the items 1, 2 and 3 are used to "block" the flares
Below image would give a better idea
Some simple post-processing I will get this (quite close to the original raw image captured by the camera)....
I use 2 UNITS of NIKON SB700, power set to 1/4
For the camera NIKON 5100 DX with a 85mm NIKON DX Micro Lens
Exposure 1/25 or 1/30 @ f16 set to MANUAL focus and VR (stabilization) on the lens turned off {sm4}
The trick is getting the image sharped and focused (if the captured image is blurry no amount of post-processing will help). For that I used a simple trick TIPS - How to Focus Miniatures WITHOUT Using the NIKON DG-2
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1176659&page=3&p=8803089#post8803089 :salute::
