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01/28/2006 05:10:12 AM · #26 |
We use black velvet too ... but beware.
There is a polyester velvet tha is nice and cheap ... and shiny too. The fibre has a plasticy reflective quality. Buy that and you have flare al over the place
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01/28/2006 09:29:32 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by KiwiPix:
We use black velvet too ... but beware.
There is a polyester velvet tha is nice and cheap ... and shiny too. The fibre has a plasticy reflective quality. Buy that and you have flare al over the place
Brett |
This is so true! The "real" velvet can sometimes be found on sale this time of year (after the holidays) at the larger fabric stores. I bought wads of it on sale at Hancock Fabrics and made a 12 ft x 20 ft backdrop that I LOVE. It works beautifully.
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01/28/2006 09:39:14 AM · #28 |
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01/28/2006 09:48:13 AM · #29 |
| All my pics with black backgrounds were taken with a black sheet or a black mat board. A slight levels adjustment turns them black as night. |
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01/28/2006 11:15:32 AM · #30 |
I tend to have somewhat the opposite problem, actually. I shoot against a ballistic nylon BG for a lot of my macros because I like a little texture in my blacks, and people keep voting me down because they "assume" I missed the true black. For me, absolute black is mostly boring. It takes a bit more skill to get a "textured black" that gives the sense of depth of a true black without the same sense of an empty void.
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01/28/2006 11:24:22 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
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Push the distance between the subject & backround far enough to avoid spilling light on the BG, and use a snoot or baffle if you have to...
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Brennan, a what?
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01/28/2006 01:14:34 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
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Push the distance between the subject & backround far enough to avoid spilling light on the BG, and use a snoot or baffle if you have to...
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Brennan, a what?
Alice |
A "snoot" is a tube on the light to focus a narrow beam; imagine a toilet-paper tube in front of the light and you'll get the idea.
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01/28/2006 01:16:30 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
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Push the distance between the subject & backround far enough to avoid spilling light on the BG, and use a snoot or baffle if you have to...
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Brennan, a what?
Alice |
A "snoot" is a tube on the light to focus a narrow beam; imagine a toilet-paper tube in front of the light and you'll get the idea.
R. |
Check. Got it. Thanks, bear_music. |
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01/28/2006 02:08:01 PM · #34 |
This is probably a dumb question, but my camera doesn't show the information needed to test it that I know of..
During my (film) photography class we were taught that if there are 5 stops difference in light between the subject and the background, the background would go black - does this still translate with digital or does it get wonky due to the digital nature?
If it does follow.. might be an idea to try.
Hopefully I remembered the technique correctly. :)
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01/28/2006 03:26:55 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by LucidLotus:
This is probably a dumb question, but my camera doesn't show the information needed to test it that I know of..
During my (film) photography class we were taught that if there are 5 stops difference in light between the subject and the background, the background would go black - does this still translate with digital or does it get wonky due to the digital nature?
If it does follow.. might be an idea to try.
Hopefully I remembered the technique correctly. :) |
Not dumb at all. Film has a larger dynamic range than most digital camaras, so if 5 stops pushed the background to black for film it would likely be overkill for digital. 3 stops would likely work for most cameras, 4 stops even better. But, yes, 5 stops difference would work as well. ;)
David
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01/28/2006 04:16:15 PM · #36 |
haven't read the whole thread so if someone already told you this sorry :0)
In basic editing you can go to selective color. go to the black channel and darken in black. This always saves me from my wrinkled background! I also use it to give just a little more depth to images instead when I want just a little boost without levels. |
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