Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:29:44 +0100, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures and I will try to photograph each before she sells them to make a nice catalogue in A4 format for her as a present... This is another try with the new Pentax 50mm A 2.8 macro

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
] Date: 12/18/2004 6:50:44 AM Subject: Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:29:44 +0100, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures and I will try to photograph each before she sells them to make

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Shel indeed does a darker background add a lot sometimes. I tried some other shots with a dark grey piece of marble like this eatable piece of art -- we call it Grittibanz in Swiss German http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2968241 but will do it again with the lightning methods Rob

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread Jon Glass
On Dec 18, 2004, at 4:39 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: First, I know nothing about flash, so I wouldn't presume to suggest anything in that realm, or the realm of studio or other types of artificial light. Now, my opinion about flash is that it hoovers LOL and is completely inappropriate for these

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's essentially what I use, although I was able to get a sheet of white translucent plastic from TAP plastics, a small chain store that specializes in ... ta da! plastic ;-)) I also sometimes use similar sheets to put over the windows when the sun is low in the sky or too bright. There's also

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-18 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Jon I did not see your name before, so welcome from my side first and secondly, thanks a lot for the link. I have it already captured on harddisk and will red it soon and it does and will help! The Oly there is nice too :-) greetings Markus I discovered the following page the other day.

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-17 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi William this is a very interesting idea, make them floating! I will soon try some of the hints given by this fantastic group. thanks a lot. greetings Markus Subject: Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2964731

PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures and I will try to photograph each before she sells them to make a nice catalogue in A4 format for her as a present... This is another try with the new Pentax 50mm A 2.8 macro lens and Agfa ISO 200 vista film, flashed with the 280T and negative scanned with

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 17 Dec 2004 at 2:29, Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures and I will try to photograph each before she sells them to make a nice catalogue in A4 format for her as a present... Great idea, I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated. Should I forget about the flash

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 17 Dec 2004 at 12:48, Rob Studdert wrote: I would recommend a 4 lamp repro-table. Doh, should read would not Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Rob thanks for the link, I just saved it on HD. I have a soft ball from Hama, but it is a pain to fixate it on the flash. I can dismount the lamp arms from the repro table, I will try photographing with two side lamps next time as a compromise (and maybe the reduced flash a front light). The

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Don Sanderson
for nice soft even light. Don -Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Don thanks, very good ideas, I will try most of them soon and have a look at prices here for the Box. I use one of these: http://tinyurl.com/4ljuk this will not fit the Basset! greetings Markus for all my product shots, with the two daylight flourescent lamps Rob recommended it works

Re: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread William Robb
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2964731 Softer light. If you want to something really special for her, take a piece of window glass and put a white cloth on it. Illuminate it from below at about the same, or a bit more brightness of the overhead light, which needs to be tented.

RE: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn

2004-12-16 Thread Don Sanderson
for nice soft even light. Don -Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO:a sample of a gold plated clay figure - Pentax Macro 50mm/SFxn Hi Rob my girlfriend makes clay figures