Still Life Raku vase

Raku vase · **4 Likes**

**ToddK** · 05-08-2020, 01:58 PM - **1 Like**

Very nice lighting and it casts a cool shadow on the blue background. Well done.

**bobbotron** · 05-08-2020, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by ToddK

Very nice lighting and it casts a cool shadow on the blue background. Well done.

Thank you Todd! This was for the weekly challenge for my photo club, "still life". It was fun to play around with strobes, trying to get some good shadows. The key light is a grid, with a shoot through umbrella for a fill (turned down low). I didn't measure it, but the ratio is probably around 4 to 1.

**ToddK** · 05-08-2020, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by bobbotron

Thank you Todd! This was for the weekly challenge for my photo club, "still life". It was fun to play around with strobes, trying to get some good shadows. The key light is a grid, with a shoot through umbrella for a fill (turned down low). I didn't measure it, but the ratio is probably around 4 to 1.

That is an area of photography that I have no expertise in at all, but it sounds like a fun process.

**bobbotron** · 05-08-2020, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by ToddK

That is an area of photography that I have no expertise in at all, but it sounds like a fun process.

No time with the present!

If you do try your hand at it, I'd say go totally manual. Best way to learn and way more tweakable for stuff like this.

**Tonytee** · 05-08-2020, 04:44 PM - **1 Like**

Marvelous work. Very sharp,colorful and interesting. Quite a treat.

TT

**bobbotron** · 05-09-2020, 06:03 AM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Marvelous work. Very sharp,colorful and interesting. Quite a treat.

TT

Thank you!

I'll have to do more of this. I've been enjoying these club challenges, I find they're often not something I'd normally do, it really is a challenge.

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05-08-2020, 01:58 PM - 1 Like	#2
ToddK Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Hill Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,566	Very nice lighting and it casts a cool shadow on the blue background. Well done.

05-08-2020, 02:45 PM	#3
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349 Original Poster	Originally posted by ToddK Very nice lighting and it casts a cool shadow on the blue background. Well done. Thank you Todd! This was for the weekly challenge for my photo club, "still life". It was fun to play around with strobes, trying to get some good shadows. The key light is a grid, with a shoot through umbrella for a fill (turned down low). I didn't measure it, but the ratio is probably around 4 to 1.

05-08-2020, 03:17 PM	#4
ToddK Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Hill Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,566	Originally posted by bobbotron Thank you Todd! This was for the weekly challenge for my photo club, "still life". It was fun to play around with strobes, trying to get some good shadows. The key light is a grid, with a shoot through umbrella for a fill (turned down low). I didn't measure it, but the ratio is probably around 4 to 1. That is an area of photography that I have no expertise in at all, but it sounds like a fun process.

05-08-2020, 04:13 PM	#5
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349 Original Poster	Originally posted by ToddK That is an area of photography that I have no expertise in at all, but it sounds like a fun process. No time with the present! If you do try your hand at it, I'd say go totally manual. Best way to learn and way more tweakable for stuff like this.

05-08-2020, 04:44 PM - 1 Like	#6
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,527	Marvelous work. Very sharp,colorful and interesting. Quite a treat. TT

05-09-2020, 06:03 AM	#7
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349 Original Poster	Originally posted by Tonytee Marvelous work. Very sharp,colorful and interesting. Quite a treat. TT Thank you! I'll have to do more of this. I've been enjoying these club challenges, I find they're often not something I'd normally do, it really is a challenge.