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Originally Posted by Stephen Fox
The Steam Engine.....
I tried to blend this shadow using SB-800 on camera flash aiming diffused light at the ceiling to fall behind the subject, tempering shadow. It worked to a certain degree but not entirely so I diffused SB-600 light using stofen diffuser then applied a AP diffuser (pic2) to achieve a soft light that did not introduce shadow. Finally I added diffused SB-800 flash pointed directly to put back some shine that double diffused SB-600 was loosing (pic3).
Final result, pic4. Image is also in the gallery under 'Still Life'
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A nice story to go with the picture Stephen,
Our nephew got us involved in steam years ago. As a young lad he was facinated by fire and water. He now owns a full size agricultural engine of his own.
Always nice to go behind the scenes like this. Thanks for posting. It does show what you can do with limited kit.
Technically you have discovered through the use of the AP diffusers that the bigger the light source the softer it is. Use of the Stofens really spreads the light to the edge of the reflectors ( no hot spot ), so turning your pinpoint light source into a far bigger one capable of wrapping its self round the subject.
An excellent result.
Don