Set the guitar (Ovation) on a stand with a black velvet background.
Handheld my SB-600 flash with a diffuser about 18" above the guitar and shot off 4 test flashes at 1/4 power while I moved my right hand to 4 different positions during the long exposure.
Hardest part was shielding the guitar from all of the reflections in my kitchen (refrigerator, stove, cabinets, etc).
I wish that I had strummed the strings real hard before shooting so that the strings had some dynamic vibration movement to them. This will probably affect my score, but the set-up is already down and put away.
[Oct. 25th, 2010 12:09:36 AM]
Have had several comments about the color of this guitar. I have not modified the color in PS. The guitar is an Ovation 1982 Collectors Series acoustic-electric, Model 1982-8 (1908 of these were made). The color is called blueburst.
Here is a photo of the guitar head that I entered in a 2009 challenge
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Place: 5 out of 86 Avg (all users): 6.5602 Avg (commenters): 7.2500 Avg (participants): 6.4857 Avg (non-participants): 6.5802 Views since voting: 2752 Views during voting: 379 Votes: 166 Comments: 13 Favorites: 2 (view)
I just love guitars. Great color tone and the black background complements the clarity of lines and waves. I enjoyed the special effect of the hand in front of the strings but can't seem to understand who to get the hand into the caramel bar. I mean the hand behind the strings and into the sound box. The coolness of this photo is more present at first glance than the novelty seemed to wear off over time. Very very good entry. I like guitars. What can I say. If you have a guitar and I'm voting, you get credits. Good luck.
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