The Gong..
Learning from the croc shot and now equipped with a few AP diffusers and a longer run of black paper. I decided to have a go at the brass gong with two miniature candle sticks in the foreground.
Illuminated using SB-800 on camera and SB-600 held by my photographic assistant. Both flashes have diffusers and fired through AP diffusers. The use of f18 (1/4) at ISO125 made it impossible not to use flash although lighting was good. The small aperture also made the background darker than in the croc shot above. Firing both flashes through two diffusers required +1EV on each flash but might have benefited with more as +0.5EV post processing was required for the finished article. SB-600 was panting a bit with this setup. Unfortunately due to the curvature of the miniature candlesticks they have been cropped out. Everything in the dining room was visible on body the them!
Sorry about the broken Dyson in the background!
Use of double diffuser has created a matt look to a very shiny piece, any assistance to how I can create a bit more 'life' will be appreciated.
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