Shot with a 200 f/4 nikkor and close up filter...
Lit with a 105 f/2.5 nikkor!
It's amazing the different looks you can achieve by playing around with the lighting.
I did all the different 'moon phases' for this shot, and picked this one, as it seems to have the most character of the bunch.
I haven't mastered the art of saving for web size, as this jpeg doesn't really do the large file justice...
Any tips? for getting the maximum detail on a 640 pixel 'macro-ish' shot?
I'll post a pic. of the setup if anyone is interested..?
Thanks,
Greg
The flash was on Manual exposure at 1/16th power. Handheld (as in picture) You could also have it on automatic or ttl depending on your equipment...
I had tried using the flash only, but found the light was too 'spread out', and thus the use of the lens...
(PS. holding the flash and lens at the same time is not easy...there is probably a safer way to do it!)
I dug out and tried some 80s vintage Nikkors on my D70 but given that the body will not meter and I gave away my spotmeter long ago (which was a mistake) I put it aside as a generally bad idea.
Hey, that's great, your second shot tells me my hands are too small to try ANYTHING like this, though. You did get some wonderful character out of the ball. Did you process age it (dragonize?) or is this the effect you get straight from your lighting set-up? I keep looking at it and your comment about the moon makes me laugh.
To be honest, I don't see the reason to use with the hefty lens in this setup. You could do this with M/128, saving the batteries, at least And I can see a bit of overexposure in the upper left corner.
The trick with lenses is good for a wide background light when shooting portraits, try it out
I used the lens because the spread from the flash was too wide, and I wanted to narrow it down, and in a way 'focus' it.
There are many ways to get the same effect, snoots, cinefoil... but I was just trying out some older MF lenses and not doing a big production. Total time from taping an old poster to the table to downloading maybe 15min.
In terms of 'overexposure' well to each his/her own I guess. (Please don't let my sarcasm go unnoticed)
I think the main point here is that maybe 1 or 2 people might see this post and want to try something similar, get creative with their lighting, and try something new. Thus the reason I posted this in the first place.
