[northcoastgreg]

Prairie Creek SP, with the DFA 28-105:

[longbow]

K-1II & DFA 150-450

[fs999]

K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax F 50mm F1.7
Metz Flash 52 AF-1 Digital with Ray-Flash Universal L ring adapter


K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA* 24mm F2 IF AL
Topaz Labs Texture Effects 2


K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA 35mm F2 AL

[Erictator]

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smc PENTAX-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited ƒ/2.2 77.0 mm 1/3200 iso320

[teiki arii]

Hello,



Titouan 18 years old birthday. Sigma Art 35/1.4 DG HSM, Pentax K-1 MKII, 1250Iso, 1/40s @1.8. MF, Square format. DxO PL 2.

[sbh]

Prairie Creek SP, with the DFA 28-105:

Rare catch, so many elements and colours. Well captured!

[BruceBanner]

From my "dark" watch series. I edited the wood to be more of a warm tone as contrast to the metal watch body.
The lighting/shade was mostly done in-camera. I try to do as little in post as possible.

Excellent! Echoing what WPRESTO said it's always interesting to see the BTS of shots, especially studio stuff. I watched a 32min video this week on how to shoot a composite shot of a beer bottle, my mind was blown! So many shots required to do the job properly for the client! Perhaps it was overkill, I dunno... but the final result did look good and was impressive.

I also feel the DFA 50 is an excellent lens for this kind of work, utterly professional and free from any nasty artefacts or issues one might encounter on older lenses.

Great job!

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[Jorgario]

Tak 20 / 4.5:

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[sbh]

Excellent! Echoing what WPRESTO said it's always interesting to see the BTS of shots, especially studio stuff. I wanted a 32min video this week on how to shoot a composite shot of a beer bottle, my mind was blown! So many shots required to do the job properly for the client! Perhaps it was overkill, I dunno... but the final result did look good and was impressive.

I also feel the DFA 50 is an excellent lens for this kind of work, utterly professional and free from any nasty artefacts or issues one might encounter on older lenses.

Great job!

Thanks. Yes, the fifty is the perfect studio lens. It can get really close and the IQ is a joy.

Usually I take 1-3 shots of every setup that I like. Many product shots are composites for lighting reasons. It's hard to get the light everywhere at the same time.

In the last two shots I wanted to have the watch fade to black quickly. With a usual white or grey reflector, it didn't look right. So I printed a gradient (black to white) on paper to get a nice fading reflection – from bright in front to dark in the back.

On the side-by-side comparison you can see the difference between a solid white and gradient reflector (the lower side of the watch).

[HoustonBob]

FA 77mm @ f1.8 FZ540 flash in PTTL

[DW58]

Mark II with D FA 100mm Macro.

[eaglem]

A little like lace

[BruceBanner]

Thanks. Yes, the fifty is the perfect studio lens. It can get really close and the IQ is a joy.

Usually I take 1-3 shots of every setup that I like. Many product shots are composites for lighting reasons. It's hard to get the light everywhere at the same time.

In the last two shots I wanted to have the watch fade to black quickly. With a usual white or grey reflector, it didn't look right. So I printed a gradient (black to white) on paper to get a nice fading reflection – from bright in front to dark in the back.

On the side-by-side comparison you can see the difference between a solid white and gradient reflector (the lower side of the watch).

Yes, this is exactly what he said. He started by shooting the label first, then round to the rear of the bottle for the lighting of the contents inside, even the strip box effect behind for the rim of the bottle highlights/outline. Fascinating stuff.

I can see what you've done with that gradient 'reflector', very smart.

What I was surprised about so much with the bottle video was the way he took his portable wireless strobe and just kinda fired heaps of shots off at the bottle from all kind of angles, to get a more complete and even light. With your set up you looked more constrained perhaps? Could you for example seek that more 'even distributed' light on the straps by firing a diffused low powered shot straight onto the watch face from the front (of course not using any of the light from that shot on the watch face itself, just for the straps, so that they would be more 'equalish')? I'm just saying because that's what my head would be thinking to try first before something as clever as a gradient homemade reflector...

[sbh]

Yes, this is exactly what he said. He started by shooting the label first, then round to the rear of the bottle for the lighting of the contents inside, even the strip box effect behind for the rim of the bottle highlights/outline. Fascinating stuff.

I can see what you've done with that gradient 'reflector', very smart.

What I was surprised about so much with the bottle video was the way he took his portable wireless strobe and just kinda fired heaps of shots off at the bottle from all kind of angles, to get a more complete and even light. With your set up you looked more constrained perhaps? Could you for example seek that more 'even distributed' light on the straps by firing a diffused low powered shot straight onto the watch face from the front (of course not using any of the light from that shot on the watch face itself, just for the straps, so that they would be more 'equalish')? I'm just saying because that's what my head would be thinking to try first before something as clever as a gradient homemade reflector...

That could be a good idea for many setups. Haven't thought about that. I'll try it at the next occasion.

[dick897]

A couple from a wander around Dublin with K1 and Samyang 20mm f1.8