The crocodile shot...
The crocodile has an anodised coating that produces different colours in different light and directions. some of this coating has worn away through use. Its cira 1920, I think.
The specimen was placed on black card on a dining room table, SB-800 was mounted on camera to give general illumination. To bring the colours out on the crocs back I employed the SB-600 with diffusion dome pointing upwards to softly aim diffused light directly at the crocs back bringing out the colours...and it worked.
Sorry no photo of the scene because I dismantled under pressure of my photographic assistant who want to lay the table for lunch!
Thought for improvement:-
Next time use black cloth as a background to absorb light and shadows allowing more direct flash to highlight shine and colours.
Set camera to f11/f16 and reduce shutter speed yielding better Depth of Field (DOF).
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