... and just a little tinkering with things to get it as functional as possible ...
Here is my shooting booth. Just 3 foam-core boards cut to fit together nicely, on a white table. <$9. The CoolLite 6 units bounce off them, and have a translucent piece of plastic on their inside edge to diffuse any stray direct light. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/studio.jpg So now I can get a really shiny metal part like this without glare. Some things shoot better in raw, others are just fine with jpg. The only shortcoming is that black center where I am firing through. But that is easily resolved though it is not at all critical. A little contrast makes, imho, a little better image. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/70074BP800.jpg Some may say that it is underexposed. Perhaps. It looks just a little dark on my new Dell laptop, but looks perfect on my Samsung SA350 display. I may have to shoot for a little extra brightness to compensate for monitor differences. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
