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11/26/2005 02:30:11 PM · #1 |
I don̢۪t know what it̢۪s called but you know when a wall is built with the bottom edge rounded and seamless out to the floor. Does anyone know it̢۪s name or can you direct me to a link or how-to for building it?
TIA, Mel
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11/26/2005 02:35:09 PM · #2 |
I've never seen a wall built that way. Just out of curiosity, what would this be for?
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11/26/2005 02:44:04 PM · #3 |
| Well it's like having a roll of paper the rounded bottom corner elimates shadows. I'm contempating building one of those vs having to replace rolls of white paper. |
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11/26/2005 02:49:24 PM · #4 |
It's called a cyc or a cyclorama.
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11/26/2005 02:53:44 PM · #5 |
That’s an interesting idea. It may be difficult to achieve though. Most types of flooring are designed to ‘float’ to allow room for expansion and contraction as the temperature changes. A seamless join of the wall and floor probably wouldn’t stay seamless for very long, as cracks would eventually develop from the building flexing.
You might be able to achieve something close to seamless using a curved molding attached to the wall, and touching, but not attached to, the floor.
Just an idea. Good luck!
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11/26/2005 02:54:43 PM · #6 |
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11/26/2005 03:42:30 PM · #7 |
| I was just going to ask this. Where can we get a cyclorama? I need a white one... :) |
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11/26/2005 03:49:40 PM · #8 |
Here's some... //www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?&ac.ui.pn=cat.CatTreeSearch&ac.cat.CatTreeSearch.speedSearch.param=04;017;330;&ac.cat.CatTreeSearch.speedSearch.branch.node3=330-017
Does anybody use these? How well do they work? I find that the stinky paper rolls reflect too much light back on the subject... What do you think?
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Message edited by author 2005-11-26 15:49:48. |
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11/26/2005 04:08:39 PM · #9 |
| That link just takes you to the main page, not a specific item? |
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11/26/2005 04:10:51 PM · #10 |
This link might work better.
Infinity Walls
Message edited by author 2005-11-26 17:53:33.
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11/26/2005 04:57:25 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
That’s an interesting idea. It may be difficult to achieve though. Most types of flooring are designed to ‘float’ to allow room for expansion and contraction as the temperature changes. A seamless join of the wall and floor probably wouldn’t stay seamless for very long, as cracks would eventually develop from the building flexing.
You might be able to achieve something close to seamless using a curved molding attached to the wall, and touching, but not attached to, the floor.
Just an idea. Good luck! |
Let me elaborate on that. We had two cycloramas in our studio; an 8-foot wide one along one wall and a 32-foot wide one that went around a corner (16 feet on each wing, radiused in the corner and floor both). These were built with concave ribs to take the bend and witht he wall extending down and along the floor for a considerabgle distance.
Mick's correct that they don't work well if they just blend down to a normal floor. Our floor was raised on stringers half an inch or so. We kept the floor covered with plastic sheeting when it wasn't in use. We'd paint the cycloramas as needed for shots. They work extremely well for the photography of large objects in their entirety, or for creating studio sets upon. They need to be BIG so you can set your subjects a considerable distance from the wall and light the background separately. So you need quite a large studio space to use them.
Robt. |
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