>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/police-badge-02/ > > From: Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Very nice Godders, very clean-looking and detailed enough.
> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Very nice. Perhaps a bit better on the lighting than the first set, > although that could be a function of the badges and their > reflectivity. Thanks for sharing. Thank you both for the comments and compliments! I went for a slightly flatter overall rendering on this set compared to the first on, the EZ-Cube certainly helped with that and with managing difficult reflections from the surroundings. I've found I do need that Giottos tripod ... the copystand I used as a camera support doesn't work with the EZ Cube and the Bogen/Manfrotto 3444D legs don't have a tilting column so it becomes a challenge to get the camera into the right position for this work. The Giottos 8160 legs are on my next B&H order now. I thought to go with the FA77 for a little more working room too, but it turned out that to get the image size I wanted it was just a hair too short and I was right on the cusp between the shortest extension tube and no extension tube at all. I tried the FA135 and it worked well but the rendering was a little too flat. I went back to the 50 Macro and worked closer in the end. Here's a page showing the lighting setup for set 2: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/badge2setup/ Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
