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Antique Gold & Diamond Pendant (JAYS, Oxford St, London)

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Kev



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Here's a couple more images taken on black plexiglass. The angle of shot and surrounding reflective material greatly changes the background colour.
One again, the main challenge here was to clean the surface of dust/lint/flick...which required quite a bit of pp cleanup too.
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richingr

Registered: October 2010
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Sun January 9, 2011 7:53am Rating: 9.00 

Excellent Kev was that taken in a photo tent with soft light
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
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Sun January 9, 2011 8:06am

Yes, I used my Lastolite cubelite tent...opened fully at the front, with 2 softboxes partialy to the side, and one above the camera at the front. It's really tricky getting things to balance exactly right...coz diamonds are extremely bright if any direct light shines on them. I'm sure I can do a better job...it's kinda late here (2am) and I need more time to experiment, etc.
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kdlaz

Registered: February 2010
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Mon January 10, 2011 1:26pm

Hi, Kev! This is the photo I like more - soft light, clear object, good composition and nice reflection Smile
By the way, the idea of DRD sounds interesting.
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Kev

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Wed January 12, 2011 1:39am

Kdlaz,
Well, the double-folded idea is just not an option...simply because black plexiglass has so much 'static' and the ONLY way to remove dust/lint/flick, etc is to carefully clean it by hand for each shoot...using a mcrofibre cloth and Novus cleaner.


Even an air brush does not work...because the static acts like a magnet and it takes a real "wipe" to remove the unwanted dust, etc. With clear plexiglass one seldom even notices this...but on black...it's a nightmare. IF one lets the black plexiglass sheet sit for just 10 mins...it will be absolutely covered in particles...which of course, under a macro lens...show up like crazy.
As I mentioned in a previous post. I am sure that todays studio product photog guys...simply create the black plexiglass look in CS5, because it would take too much time otherwise...for it to be commercially viable.
One can simply "mask" the subject...add a reflection layer, and create a jet-black background with NO cleaup required.
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tvanags

Registered: October 2008
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Thu January 13, 2011 9:02am

I like the reflection using the plexiglass. Your wife has very nice jewelry!
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Thu January 13, 2011 3:10pm

Kev I would recommend that you learn to do it using Photoshop CS5 not unless you are just putting over how good you are at cleaning plexiglass.
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Kev

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Thu January 13, 2011 4:50pm

Thanks Tvanags, yes she has a lot of nice stuff...it will keep me going for months if I want to photograph it all. I also think the plexiglass reflection is nice...and is a bit more natural overall than what one can do in CS4 or 5, which I have already done before...see here:
http://kvincentphotography.ca/designerflorals/h3544551f#h3544551f
http://kvincentphotography.ca/designerflorals/h3544551f#h10cbeb89
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