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Orange Bubbles

© Martin J. Wells

Orange Bubbles

Uploaded: November 18, 2010 15:29:37

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1/25 sec f/5.6 ISO 100
Nikkor 24-105mm @105mm

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December 13, 2010

Fabulous color and closeup #1335487

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic December 13, 2010

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving FINALIST! 8o) #9100605

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic December 14, 2010

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ...!

UB. #9101110

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 14, 2010

Great details and design Martin! Congratulations on your finalist!! #9103217

Martin J. Wells December 15, 2010

Thanks guys, I actually took the photo to enter into the first competition in the photography society at my workplace.

To my surprise I won that competition so I was very happy. At the same time I entered here on betterphoto.com and forgot all about it until now. #9105316

Nancyj E. Hovey level-classic December 16, 2010

Congratulations #9108680

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic December 16, 2010

Huge CONGRATZ on getting Golden, Martin. WTG!

UB. #9109182

JO ANN CLEVELAND December 17, 2010

Congratulations on your 2nd Place winner Martin!

jo ann c. #9111119

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 21, 2010

Congratulations on your win Martin, I'm very happy for you! #9118185

Rosemary Sampson level-classic December 31, 2010

Great macro. Love the colors and detail. Well done! #9134824

Martin J. Wells January 13, 2011

If anyone is wondering how to take such a shot I will explain in the following few posts. #9159731

Martin J. Wells January 13, 2011

You need:

1) An orangae (obviously).
2) A container (preferably glass but I used a perspex water filter).
3) Soda water (enough to fill the container).
4) A Light Box with 3 moveable lights.
5) A sheet of glass on which you place the container.
6) Something to place the under the glass sheet to raise it off the ground (I used 3 cans of zero alcohol beer - I finally found a use for these!).
7) Something to attach the slice of orange to the side of the container (I used a clothes peg).
8) A tripod.
9) A long lense (or preferably a macro lense).
10) A green background (or if not you can apply a green tint in Photoshop/LightRoom afterwards like I did).

See the following photos: #9159760

Martin J. Wells January 13, 2011 1

You need:

1) An orangae (obviously).
2) A container (preferably glass but I used a perspex water filter).
3) Soda water (enough to fill the container).
4) A Light Box with 3 moveable lights.
5) A sheet of glass on which you place the container.
6) Something to place the under the glass sheet to raise it off the ground (I used 3 cans of zero alcohol beer - I finally found a use for these!).
7) Something to attach the slice of orange to the side of the container (I used a clothes peg).
8) A tripod.
9) A long lense (or preferably a macro lense).
10) A green background (or if not you can apply a green tint in Photoshop/LightRoom afterwards like I did).

See the following photos: #9159762

Martin J. Wells January 13, 2011 1

The post processing steps are described in the folloing shots.

As you can see, to get the final image required a bit of work in Lightroom. #9159776

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic January 28, 2011

What an elaborate set-up and great explanation, Martin. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with many!

UB. #9200056

Katarina Mansson January 28, 2011

Exceelnet, beautiful photo and superb explanation of setup! Thanks and congrats! #9200058

Katarina Mansson January 28, 2011

Excellent, beautiful photo and superb explanation of setup! Thanks and congratulations on your winner! #9200059

Chris Budny level-deluxe January 29, 2011

Katarina sums it up... The winning image is just terrific, but the details you provide sharing the setup are really something... Thank you for sharing your art with us, and your technique!
(If you have a moment, I'd love to hear more about your lights and light tent, which looks homemade---I have a 24" store-bought tent, but it is often too small for what I want to try to shoot now!) #9200262

Nikki McDonald level-classic January 29, 2011

Usman pointed me your way because he enjoyed both your result and your process so much. Thank you so much for the explanation and accompanying photos -- so glad you found a use for those cans of beer! The result is crisp and pleasing. Congratulations on your win in your workplace photo society as well as here at BP, Martin. #9200289

Karen E. Baumann January 29, 2011

Congratulations on your win, Martin! I loved reading the details of your setup and the shoot, and post processing! The green was an excellent choice in background color! #9200893

Michele Peterson level-classic January 29, 2011

Thanks so much for so much detail and explanation. I love this shot,and the colors are wonderful!! #9201056

Martin J. Wells January 31, 2011

Thanks again everybody. Regarding the homemade lightbox, I had no idea how big to make one so I went for too big rather than too small (110cm squared).

The downside is that the lights I bought (3 x 150W halogen) are not strong enough if used outside the tent, the upside is that there is enough room to put them inside and bounce the light and that works well.

Another downside is that I could not find a roll of white paper wide enough, the upside is that I can easily change for other color paper, christmas wrapping paper or whatever.

The walls are bed sheets that I cut up and stapled on and I deliberately left 3 walls open (bottom, back and front) this way I can change the background/floor color to suit the subject.

The paper holder at the back is a curtain rail and holders on which to suspend the roll.

I just screwed all the wood together using corner joining brackets which is sturgy enough.

I hope this is useful. Martin #9203609

Chris Budny level-deluxe January 31, 2011

Perfect... thanks for the info! #9203610

Karen E. Baumann January 31, 2011

Thank you, Martin! I am going to have my husband make one for me - I might try PVC for the supports, so it could be easily taken apart to be stored or moved. I like your ideas about the paper holder!!!
And, you reasoning behind leaving the three sides open, for change! Most helpful!!!!! #9203835

Martin J. Wells February 01, 2011

There are some videos on youtube on how to make a lightbox. Perhaps these will give you some ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK4VVGWmMUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ-Cevn8-l8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuF5G7Cu-gs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0GMClynaBA #9205532


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