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hunter richards
11-05-2007, 07:18 PM
I am trying to learn the tabletop art of lighting. I had an idea and I wanted to shoot a still so I can shoot it in motion later.

Camera specs: 300d with a china made m42 adapter, a really cheap 50/f1.8 m42 lens (pardon any flair).
1/50th shutter (I think) handheld. ISO 800, lens was open. Shot jpeg. AdobeRGB space. I cropped to 16x9 in iphoto.

Set:
Glass with some booze in it, the ice has allready melted too much. It was sitting on a semi-transparent piece of black glass, lighted from the bottom with a flashlight (seriously), the light fall off in the back if from a 50w halogen desk lamp.

I know it could be better but I used what I could. When I shoot it again, I would like to use some real lights.

Drink Responsibly.

-Hunter

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/23459/1194314629.tif
hunter richards
11-05-2007, 09:56 PM
Does the picture show up? It does on my mac, but not on my vista PC? Odd.
Justin Kuhn
11-05-2007, 10:10 PM
Looks good. Glass could use a polish.
hunter richards
11-05-2007, 10:13 PM
i need some windex =)
oneinfiniteloop
11-05-2007, 10:30 PM
soften the light up
Justin Kuhn
11-05-2007, 10:35 PM
Yeah the bottom light could use some diffusion, the ice cubes are a bit hot.

A site that I always reccomend for still photography is Strobist (http://strobist.blogspot.com/). It's gotten me a lot more interested in still photography than I would be otherwise. Check it.
William_Robinette
11-05-2007, 10:58 PM
Hmm, I cannot see a picture.

Win XP-Pro/Firefox.
alwayslearning
11-06-2007, 01:40 PM
I think that the saturation could be turned up a bit on the red X in the white box. Other than that, it looks like all the other white boxes with a red X when I can't see a posted picture.

Seriously, does anyone have a pc clue as to why I can usually see posted images but sometimes cannot? Glad I'm not the only one but it is still annoying.

Larry
RandomMan
11-06-2007, 01:43 PM
White box red x
HorseFilms
11-06-2007, 01:50 PM
Same here. Windows 2000 & IE6 (crappy work computer)
hunter richards
11-06-2007, 02:54 PM
thanks for feedback.I dont know why I cant see it on my PC (Vista) but I can see it fine right now on my iMac, Maybe because its a tiff?

I think my hpx500 has more S/N than my 300d, What do you think?
Kegan
11-06-2007, 04:54 PM
I can't see it on my Macbook Pro - hmm, very strange. I'd like to.

-Kegan