See my earlier post for examples. A white background would not work too well with most "subjects" A lot of the species found along our coast (South Carolina) are rather light in color. You have to get to more tropical waters to get more darker and vivid colors.
On 12/11/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Me too, I would love to see some photos. > Have you also tried to put the shells on a white handkerchief or fabric and > then on a glass plate and give some additional lightening from the > bottom/back of the glass? I had some nice effects with clay figures with > that and 2 additional flashes softened with baking paper . > > greetings > Markus > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:17 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K10D and Ring flash > > > Very interesting subject matter! I'd like to see some pictures. > > Godfrey > > > > On Dec 11, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Perry Pellechia wrote: > > > Some the shells I have had to shoot are less than 3mm and require > > bellows, reversed lens or both. These situations make it very > > difficult to illuminate the subject without shadow problems. The ring > > light is the only thing I have tried that really works for all > > situations. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
