However you don't need a light box or soft box to do this, what I did was went to my local dollar store and bought a package of multi color tissue paper, you know the kind you get as a gift in a bag sometimes, This one was a lime green, came with blues, greens, pinks, purple and so on, they all make great backgrounds and is very cheap to make.
I wad it up (you don't have to do this) crinkled it up then tapped it to a piece of cardboard, shine a light on the paper (I used a 100 watt bulb), then take a little pocket LED flashlight and shined it on the flower itself.
You can also use a diffused flash turned down very low like about 1/16. (I like to use a off camera flash)
The lens used here was a old Tamron adapt-all 90mm 2.8 macro lens I gave $30 for it on e-bay, the adapter cost me $20 so I could mount it on my Sony a7rII. it was shot @ f/8 tripod mounted.
After making a few Raw file adjustments in Luminar 4 I added some texture, you can do this in several programs like Topaz or Luminar or you can download a free digital painting program and paint it on, I love doing this.
Hope you enjoy the download and thanks for looking!!!!
Johnny
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HOT Texas wrote:
However you don't need a light box or soft box to do this, what I did was went to my local dollar store and bought a package of multi color tissue paper, you know the kind you get as a gift in a bag sometimes, This one was a lime green, came with blues, greens, pinks, purple and so on, they all make great backgrounds and is very cheap to make.
I wad it up (you don't have to do this) crinkled it up then tapped it to a piece of cardboard, shine a light on the paper (I used a 100 watt bulb), then take a little pocket LED flashlight and shined it on the flower itself.
You can also use a diffused flash turned down very low like about 1/16. (I like to use a off camera flash)
The lens used here was a old Tamron adapt-all 90mm 2.8 macro lens I gave $30 for it on e-bay, the adapter cost me $20 so I could mount it on my Sony a7rII. it was shot @ f/8 tripod mounted.
After making a few Raw file adjustments in Luminar 4 I added some texture, you can do this in several programs like Topaz or Luminar or you can download a free digital painting program and paint it on, I love doing this.
Hope you enjoy the download and thanks for looking!!!!
Johnny
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Very nice work Johnny !
BTW, that old Tamron adapt-all 90mm 2.8 macro lens is a steal at that price.
Super suggestions and a lovely result. I added a link to this topic in the new "Tutorials by UHH Members" stickied topic:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-645057-1.htmlI wasn't sure exactly how to word the descriptive title, so take a look and let me know
Very good! Great ideas. Beautiful image.
Mike
sundar wrote:
Very nice work Johnny !
BTW, that old Tamron adapt-all 90mm 2.8 macro lens is a steal at that price.
Thank you much Sundar, It is old, I do not see one on big E, I bought it about 5 years ago, heavy and built like a tank
Linda From Maine wrote:
Super suggestions and a lovely result. I added a link to this topic in the new "Tutorials by UHH Members" stickied topic:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-645057-1.htmlI wasn't sure exactly how to word the descriptive title, so take a look and let me know
Works for me Linda, Thanks!!!!!
That is really nice, Johnny!
Thanks for the hint about the technique.
You’ve shared both beauty and knowledge!
Nicely done. 👍
Very inspiring to see you're creative abilities that put this all together. I like the use of crumpled paper for the background. I'm going to try that.😊
Really quite nice and very creative.
jaymatt wrote:
That is really nice, Johnny!
Thanks for the hint about the technique.
Thank you John and your welcome!!!!
Jim-Pops wrote:
Nicely done. 👍
Very inspiring to see you're creative abilities that put this all together. I like the use of crumpled paper for the background. I'm going to try that.😊
Thank you Jim, I would love for you to try it.
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