Davethehiker wrote:
I did take the picture of the plant, hanging at that location, and then had a giant life size transparency made. A synchronized flash lights up the the inside of the white box. Otherwise the light fall off is so extreme that I would get a totally black background. I think of it as "layers" but not done in PhotoShop.
There so many tricks needed to take these photos that I have a hard time remembering them all. It's a bit of a magic act.
Well, you are the magician.