Envy

jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
edited January 6, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
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Thanks for viewing. :)
Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2011
    Great title thumb.gif

    You did a wonderful job on this one. May I ask what kind of lighting did you use?
    Mary
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Great title thumb.gif

    You did a wonderful job on this one. May I ask what kind of lighting did you use?

    Thanks, Mary. I used a regular study lamp with a 60 Watts incandescent bulb. Then I placed a thin fabric of white handkerchief in front of it to soften the shadows. On camera RAW file, the image is really yellowish (since the bulb is not that powerful and it is not daylight balanced. I adjusted the white balance to retain the actual color of the eggs and the white color of the cartolina paper that I use as my background. Hope this helps, Mary.
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited January 6, 2011
    This made me smile. Nicely done.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    This made me smile. Nicely done.

    Thanks, Richard. I'm glad you like it. :D
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    jiro wrote: »
    Thanks, Mary. I used a regular study lamp with a 60 Watts incandescent bulb. Then I placed a thin fabric of white handkerchief in front of it to soften the shadows. On camera RAW file, the image is really yellowish (since the bulb is not that powerful and it is not daylight balanced. I adjusted the white balance to retain the actual color of the eggs and the white color of the cartolina paper that I use as my background. Hope this helps, Mary.

    Thanks for sharing you lighting with us ... helps me out a lot :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Thanks for sharing you lighting with us ... helps me out a lot :D

    You're welcome, Mary. That's what the forum is about... sharing and helping. thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    I like it......thumb.gif
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Azzaro wrote: »
    I like it......thumb.gif

    Thank you, Gary. I'm glad you like it.
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  • woellerdwoellerd Registered Users Posts: 193 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    White on white....challenging at the very least.....you've done very well with this. Quite resourceful to use the cloth to soften the light. Well done. I really like it.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    woellerd wrote: »
    White on white....challenging at the very least.....you've done very well with this. Quite resourceful to use the cloth to soften the light. Well done. I really like it.

    Thank you very much for the nice comment, Dave. I've learned a lot of new things while doing this experiment. This is my first time to use artificial light. Regarding the handkerchief, I thought that could mimic the principle of a soft box since I really don't have any lighting equipment with me. It was fun doing this. :D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • TenThirteenTenThirteen Registered Users Posts: 488 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    This is great! Creative title, I always struggle to 'name' my photos.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    TenThirteen wrote: »
    This is great! Creative title, I always struggle to 'name' my photos.

    THanks for viewing, TenThirteen. On this image I did it the other way around. Before I decided to make the image, I drew it first on a piece of paper. I knew that shooting eggs on a white paper is very plain so why not create some story? My idea was "envy". So, I decided to use 3 eggs, the 2 on the front would be kissing and the one on the far background is envious because he doesn't have a girlfriend. And that's the story behind the title and the shot. :D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
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