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02/09/2009 02:23:13 PM · #1 |
Hello everyone,
I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post in, but I thought I'd give it a shot since most of you here are all accomplished photographers.
Anyways, at school im taking a B&W photography course. One of my new assignments is to take a picture of an egg, and to make it creative. Our teachers motive was to make a basic object (the egg), into something more interesting.
I'm nearly flat out of ideas... Which is why I came here.
One of my few ideas is to make a sort of eclipse with the egg. Use a long exposure, and flash the egg from different angles to make it sort of look like a half moon, full moon, etc....
I've done a few trial runs, and the main problem is that im not getting any texture from the egg, it just appears to be a white/glowing blob.
How could I achieve this affect?
Thanks, and if anyone else has any ideas of how to make the egg creative they would be welcome.
Eric D. |
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02/09/2009 02:24:46 PM · #2 |
You may get some ideas from this past challenge:
The Egg |
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02/09/2009 02:34:11 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by EricD:
...the main problem is that im not getting any texture from the egg, it just appears to be a white/glowing blob.
How could I achieve this affect?... |
It sounds like you're overexposing. Compensate by either dialing down the power on the flash, increasing f-stop on the camera, reducing ISO on the camera. Or a workable combo of all or some of these variables. :-)
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02/09/2009 02:39:10 PM · #4 |
| can you crack the egg, or does it need to be shot whole? |
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02/09/2009 02:39:46 PM · #5 |
Thanks Karen, that helps quite a bit.
And Strikeslip, I have my SB-24 at 1/16 power, and my Sigma 105mm macro at f/32... ASA on my film camera is set to 400.
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02/09/2009 02:48:11 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by EricD:
Thanks Karen, that helps quite a bit.
And Strikeslip, I have my SB-24 at 1/16 power, and my Sigma 105mm macro at f/32... ASA on my film camera is set to 400. |
Ooh, film, no chimping allowed, ouch. You could try putting white cloth of different thicknesses between the egg & the flash. Or lower ASA...
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02/09/2009 02:50:43 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by EricD:
Thanks Karen, that helps quite a bit.
And Strikeslip, I have my SB-24 at 1/16 power, and my Sigma 105mm macro at f/32... ASA on my film camera is set to 400. |
Ooh, film, no chimping allowed, ouch. You could try putting white cloth of different thicknesses between the egg & the flash. Or lower ASA... |
Or use your digital to get the lighting correct then shoot with film.
Tim |
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02/09/2009 03:35:06 PM · #8 |
Yeah Tim, I'm already doing that. Its kind of cheating, but whatever...
I could try to diffuse the light from the flash somehow... would a piece of tissue over it work?
Message edited by author 2009-02-09 15:35:53. |
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