I am guessing the first one is just sitting on top of a glass shelf, it appears as if it's just floating in the air...you might see that as a good or bad thing...The lights in the second one are pretty cool
I love both of these effects. On #2, did those reflections of the light naturally seem to disappear into the lens, or did you have to adjust positioning to get it to look that way?
On #1, the sense of the F3 floating above is cool. I'm not sure what the stuff underneath it is, but the title makes me imagine a big pile of digital gear. You might enhance the separation between classic and whatever the other stuff is by making it a bit less out of focus. In other words, let us see exactly what the "fray" is that this camera is above.
Good post, definitely stuff I haven't seen before.
Sam Bortol wrote:
I am guessing the first one is just sitting on top of a glass shelf, it appears as if it's just floating in the air...you might see that as a good or bad thing...The lights in the second one are pretty cool
The top one is just lens blur - taken with a macro lens at a really small aperture. It's only about 30cm up off the desk mounted on a tablepod. A glass shelf would be a good idea though!
Thanks for the comments! Much appreciated!
chiliman wrote:
I love both of these effects. On #2, did those reflections of the light naturally seem to disappear into the lens, or did you have to adjust positioning to get it to look that way?
On #1, the sense of the F3 floating above is cool. I'm not sure what the stuff underneath it is, but the title makes me imagine a big pile of digital gear. You might enhance the separation between classic and whatever the other stuff is by making it a bit less out of focus. In other words, let us see exactly what the "fray" is that this camera is above.
Good post, definitely stuff I haven't seen before....Show more →
Thanks Chiliman! I used to play Q3A with a "Chiliman" in OFX. That would be interesting if you turned out to be the same guy! What are the odds I wonder...
#1
The stuff underneath includes 15 or 20 camera filters, 3 or 4 microscope filters, a sensor cleaning pen, a tooth brush, 2 lens caps, a cell-phone with a slide-out qwerty keyboard, a 6-slide slide-holder, a slide duplication lens I made by hand, a hobby knife, an aluminum ruler, and the key to my key+combo wall-safe.
The lighting is two focusable flashlights - one with a dark magenta gel, a 28" x 20" lab-grade diffuse light source, and two 24" LCD monitors with the brightness cranked being used as backlighting. I have my LCDs mounted on one of those twin monitor 320û dual axis stands so they make good desktop macro lights - of any color combo I like!
#2
Is just the room light you see in the reflection with no editing beyond noise removal. I thought it looked cool too so I took a pic.
Thanks for the comments! Very cool of you to take the time and it's appreciated!
Bifurcator wrote:
Thanks Chiliman! I used to play Q3A with a "Chiliman" in OFX. That would be interesting if you turned out to be the same guy! What are the odds I wonder...
No, that wasn't me. Must be someone pretending to be me. I've never fragged anyone in my life. (I had to google "Q3A" to find out what it was.)
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