A few ghosted closeups

Higgmeister

I was shooting some closeup test shots to test out stacking for macros. I found that by shooting on a thick mirror at a low angle, I can get the subject to ghost between the glass and reflective surface. Then someone mentioned using coins with the same process. Here are a couple that kinda turned out. It's very hard to spin a coin on glass and have it go where you want and take the shot at the best possible time.

A new nickel


It makes cents

It's a little OOF. I still need to go through the rest of my shots and see what else is there.
There are two better examples here: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=12536

Hope you enjoy them,
Chris

MuskyDude

Chris, that's an interesting process, I might have to try that out some time. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to dgrin!



AJ

Higgmeister

One more thing I forgot
Hi AJ,
Thanks for the welcome; it's so warm here.
For the screw shots, the primary light source was from about 10 0'clock, low on the horizon. The coins were with a flash at 7 o'clock. Looks like the lighting makes a big difference.

Chris

gtc

looks good
that someone was me!

glad you gave it a try-what shutter speed?

Higgmeister

exif data for coins
Hi Greg,
Here is the exif data for the coins.

Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSC-V3
Image Date: 2005:05:28 21:17:44
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 16.5mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

I had two desk lamps for fill, but the shot is all flash. It was quite the task to do. I had my nephew doing the spinning whilst I waited for the coin to reach it's mark. I'll try it again with different lighting to see if I can enhance the effect.

Thanks for the suggestion Greg,
Chris

gtc

diffusion
thanks for info-you might like to try diffusion of the lamps and flash by bouncing off some white card etc

Higgmeister wrote:

Hi Greg,
Here is the exif data for the coins.

Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSC-V3
Image Date: 2005:05:28 21:17:44
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 16.5mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

I had two desk lamps for fill, but the shot is all flash. It was quite the task to do. I had my nephew doing the spinning whilst I waited for the coin to reach it's mark. I'll try it again with different lighting to see if I can enhance the effect.

Thanks for the suggestion Greg,
Chris

Higgmeister

Used a light tent

gtc wrote:

thanks for info-you might like to try diffusion of the lamps and flash by bouncing off some white card etc

Thanks for the recommendation. I did shoot this inside a home made light tent with the back open (to get the black background). The flash was either bounced off the top or one of the sides. The nickel was brand new so it was VERY shiny. I still have a ways to go before I think they are ready for prime time. The feedback is helpfull for the next round of experiments.

Thanks,
Chris

adrian_k

some more hints
For this shot I wanted the movement and the bit I didn't like was the double reflection (go figure).

For this shot I put the mirror on my cooker hob and the extract has halogen lights built in which I used for lighting - no flash was used.
1/60s ISO200

Higgmeister wrote:

I was shooting some closeup test shots to test out stacking for macros. I found that by shooting on a thick mirror at a low angle, I can get the subject to ghost between the glass and reflective surface. Then someone mentioned using coins with the same process. Here are a couple that kinda turned out. It's very hard to spin a coin on glass and have it go where you want and take the shot at the best possible time.
Chris

Higgmeister

Hi Adrian,
Cool shot. I'm really suprised the coin face came out so clear without a flash. I've been toying with the idea of what you have here for some time. I was thinking on using a flash (subdued to freeze movement) with a longer exposure to capture movement. An idea just came to me right this very moment. I bought a strobe light to play with and this might make an interesting shot. Gotta try these.
I also agree that the double image is too distracting for a movement shot. Too many elements.

Thanks for your input Adrian,
Chris

nzmacro

Very well done Chris. Both have great aspects about them and very interesting thing to try.

All the best Chris, nice seeing you here BTW

Danny.