roy g. biv

Andy · November 21, 2004

tech details: 20d, 100mm macro aboard, @ f/2.8. shot on a piece of white foamboard, with a canon 420 ex speedlight (softbox attached) held (and pointed direct) in my hand off to the side. weak reflected fill from a second 420 ex camera right. in post? just a simple levels adjustment, thats it.

oh yeah, the setup: about 10 minutes making clay balls with my five-year old :-)

enjoy (acronymic mnemonical) photography,

travisc · November 21, 2004

andy wrote:

tech details: 20d, 100mm macro aboard, @ f/2.8. shot on a piece of white foamboard, with a canon 420 ex speedlight (softbox attached) held (and pointed direct) in my hand off to the side. weak reflected fill from a second 420 ex camera right. in post? just a simple levels adjustment, thats it.

oh yeah, the setup: about 10 minutes making clay balls with my five-year old :-)

enjoy (acronymic mnemonical) photography,

It's really great how you share the tech details on your pics, great learning tool :-)

I'm pretty new at the photography thing, so this might seem like a foolish question, but what causes the color in the shadows there? Is it a characteristic of the surface and lighting, or did you add it digitally?

Thanks!

Andy · November 21, 2004

travisc wrote:

It's really great how you share the tech details on your pics, great learning tool :-)

I'm pretty new at the photography thing, so this might seem like a foolish question, but what causes the color in the shadows there? Is it a characteristic of the surface and lighting, or did you add it digitally?

Thanks!

thanks, and it's my pleasure

the colors were there. i brought them out by simple levels adjustment. the clay was on a reflective white foamboard, so that's why the color is in the shadows.

thanks again,

John Mueller · November 21, 2004

Nice capture Andy.
For some reason looking at it makes me want a piece of candy.

pathfinder · November 21, 2004

andy wrote:

tech details: 20d, 100mm macro aboard, @ f/2.8. shot on a piece of white foamboard, with a canon 420 ex speedlight (softbox attached) held (and pointed direct) in my hand off to the side. weak reflected fill from a second 420 ex camera right. in post? just a simple levels adjustment, thats it.

oh yeah, the setup: about 10 minutes making clay balls with my five-year old :-)

enjoy (acronymic mnemonical) photography,

Good ole Roy G Biv I knew him well!

Lovely studio shot Andy. I would not have guessed the balls were clay - the texture in the first one made me wonder if it was an orange or some fruit of some kind. Was the clay actually as briliant and saturated as in the image too? I suspected some Photoshop color painting going on when I first saw the image.

The colored shadows really set it off nicely. The 100 macro is a fun lens, isn't it?

Andy · November 21, 2004

hiya pf

i went to the art / craft store yesterday. they have loads of diff kinds of clay! this is high end stuft, tain't no play-doh

they came in 2" x 2" blocks, and there were about 40 different shades. about $3 a block of clay. the shadows were quite natural, in fact, i didn't touch the color at all in this shot

thanks for stoppign by and for the comment

andy

pathfinder wrote:

Good ole Roy G Biv I knew him well!

Lovely studio shot Andy. I would not have guessed the balls were clay - the texture in the first one made me wonder if it was an orange or some fruit of some kind. Was the clay actually as briliant and saturated as in the image too? I suspected some Photoshop color painting going on when I first saw the image.

The colored shadows really set it off nicely. The 100 macro is a fun lens, isn't it?

pathfinder · November 21, 2004

andy wrote:

hiya pf

i went to the art / craft store yesterday. they have loads of diff kinds of clay! this is high end stuft, tain't no play-doh they came in 2" x 2" blocks, and there were about 40 different shades. about $3 a block of clay. the shadows were quite natural, in fact, i didn't touch the color at all in this shot

thanks for stoppign by and for the comment

andy

The texture in the first red clay ball is finger prints or palm prints then I think. I did not see that in the image initially, but after your explanation it all makes sense. Thanks, Andy.

PerezDesignGroup · November 22, 2004

Fantastic. At first site I thought these were bean bags. The colors stand out so well and the reflections are great. The texture really adds as well.

gubbs · November 22, 2004

pathfinder wrote:

Good ole Roy G Biv I knew him well!

Lovely studio shot Andy. I would not have guessed the balls were clay - the texture in the first one made me wonder if it was an orange or some fruit of some kind. Was the clay actually as briliant and saturated as in the image too? I suspected some Photoshop color painting going on when I first saw the image.

The colored shadows really set it off nicely. The 100 macro is a fun lens, isn't it?

The texture is a skin print I should think. Is this one going up on his wall too - Fantastic bright colours, I bet it'll look great!

Andy · November 23, 2004

thanks guys
thanks all of you for your comments

ian408 · November 24, 2004

Neat idea!

You said a softbox was attached. Are you refering to a diffuser?

Ian

Andy · November 24, 2004

ian408 wrote:

Neat idea!

You said a softbox was attached. Are you refering to a diffuser?

Ian

yeah i guess... here it is at b&h

ian408 · November 24, 2004

andy wrote:

yeah i guess... here it is at b&h

Thanks.

I've been using Stofen that slips on the flash head.

Haven't tried anything like what you've done and don't know if
it would produce a similar result. But it seems to produce good
results--better than the straight head.

ian

Andy · November 24, 2004

i've used both ...

ian408 wrote:

Thanks.

I've been using Stofen that slips on the flash head.

Haven't tried anything like what you've done and don't know if
it would produce a similar result. But it seems to produce good
results--better than the straight head.

ian

and i prefer the softbox. but i also have the omnibounce from stofen, and it's in my bag too.

ian408 · November 25, 2004

andy wrote:

and i prefer the softbox. but i also have the omnibounce from stofen, and it's in my bag too.

I want to give the softbox a try. I think the stofen is still a little harsh.

ian

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