GeoffLawrence.com Photo Gallery - Smokey quartz 2 (The sequal) lol

Photo Details
Eagle35 Registered: January 2010 Posts: 124	Tried the black canopy over this one to try and darken the plexiglass a bit more
	· Date: Thu January 27, 2011 · Views: 1319 · Filesize: 106.8kb, 539.8kb · Dimensions: 1500 x 1276 ·
	Additional Info
	Keywords: Smokey quartz 2 (The sequal) lol

Author

Thread

Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722

Thu January 27, 2011 1:24am

Yeah, this images is a lot better (and cleaner) than the other upload. The trick is to cast enuff dark reflection onto the plexiglass to create the jet-black result. I normally place a black card behind and above the plexi-sheet.
Then getting the just the right shooting angle is important too...to create the best reflection strength/balance.
Personally, I think that I might ditch the plexiglass approach as it's such a rigmerole to clean it properly, etc. I suspect, that a nice thin piece of regular glass...placed on top of a dark black card (or whatever colour one wants to use) will produce very similar results...without all the hassle. I shall experiment with that.

richingr

Registered: October 2010
Posts: 1,511

Fri January 28, 2011 6:02am

much better

Eagle35

Registered: January 2010
Posts: 124

Sat January 29, 2011 1:15pm

Thanks richingr. Kev the problem i have in that using a light tent i dont have any lighting that i can use on each side of the tent to be able to throw enough light underneath the object, the shot above used mirror card on each side to try and bounce light underneath the object but hasnt given enough, i did use as suggested a black card above the object and angled till the background through the viewfinder became more black.

Statistics
Users	1,289
Photos	6,481
Comments	11,014
Views	13,023,859
Disk Space	4,825.1mb

Top Posters
richingr	446
Kev	437
Beth	405
kbirdd	261
meltimtiman	153
honez	136
LollyLockhart	133
surajit	131
adityaprasad16	118
greywolf	112

Random Images

Yellow Tulip (Tulipa
Kev

It'll Find a Way
Beth

copyIMG_0547_1
docpair

The Profile
Foundit

Spoon Star (Osteospe
Kev

· more ·

Share |

If your monitor is calibrated properly you should see sixteen distinct tones from white to black.