137:365 - Tea time 2 - a photo on Flickriver

This is another study in lighting a glass object. This shot is somewhat similar to my earlier 115:365 - Juliet's Kiss but a bit more elaborate this time.

I wanted a warm feel to the image. Finally a set of Rosco gels arrived today, so I have now more than just 2.

A tea pot full of freshly brewed tea was placed on a glass book shelf suspended above a black foam board.

A gray seamless paper is placed behind for the backdrop and it is illuminated with an SB-26 flash at 1/4 power through a grid spot. I also created a long snoot for it from Rosco cinefoil (black aluminum foil). Then I placed three thin strips of gels on the grid - yellow in the middle, red on one side and orange on the other.

Now that the background is taken care of, I placed three white foam board sheets, one above and two to the sides behind the tea pot. I put three flashes into each of them at low power (about 1/16 and 1/32 power) and used more cinefoil to control the light spill onto the background.

The result is this image. It took just about 2 hours for set up and experimentation. I think the result is worth the effort.

This image is almost 100% out of the camera. The only thing I've done to it, was to open in Photoshop and removed a few dust spots and finger prints from the glass. The original colors are virtually untouched (except for the required RAW conversion).

Lighting setup image: www.flickr.com/photos/alexv1n/5732762034

Taken on: May 18, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/22.0, 1/200 sec, 200mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Flash
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Ver.1.01
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