Light tent.

[Mal]

Today I needed to use my light tent for the first time. In the past for these jobs I have used an overhead projector screen outside.
Anyhow the PP done on this shot was to increase the exposure to blow out the white BG, and then increase the saturation to add a bit of colour back into the tools. Not the best of subjects but would love some C&C from memebers.

[Colcam]

It looks to me as if it is a tad too blown out on the highlights. i could have handled more shadow around the white paper with no trouble. The screwdriver handle, being transparent, is too weak in colour. Maybe a little less light in the PP, but everything else look good. Very nice things these super pro light tents we are making up.
Col

[gstark]

Mall,

I would like to see a tad more saturation on the colours. Not a lot, but, for instance, the screwdriver handle looks just a little washed out to me.

But I'm nit picking; this is very good; the light tent certainly aids even lighting, doesn't it?

[Mal]

Thanks for the comments, I totally missed the colour of the screw driver handle. I was making sure that the bag matched the real colour.

Colcam - This is a light tent I bought from HK. I needed something a little bigger than the ones developed on DSLRusers In fact it is big enough for me to hop inside and have a little snooze in on a cold winters day

[Steffen]

Mal, what was your light source(s) in this shot?

Cheers
Steffen.

[Matt. K]

Mal
Even though you are using a light tent you could still do with a little bit of modelling. Move one light further back or try it with only one light occasionally. You might like the affect. (Affect? Effect? Hell, back to school for me?)
Greg B?

[Manta]

Mal
Even though you are using a light tent you could still do with a little bit of modelling. Move one light further back or try it with only one light occasionally. You might like the affect. (Affect? Effect? Hell, back to school for me?)
Greg B?

Greg B's apprentice here: EFFECT.

[Mal]

Mal
Even though you are using a light tent you could still do with a little bit of modelling. Move one light further back or try it with only one light occasionally. You might like the affect. (Affect? Effect? Hell, back to school for me?)
Greg B?

Thanks, I did play around and tried to get a few shadows, but the graphic designer wanted a clean image. Next time when I am not pushed so much to get a product shot in 1 hour (this included individual shots of each tool) I will do a little more experiementing

[Mal]

Mal, what was your light source(s) in this shot?

Cheers
Steffen.

Steffen, I used a basic three light set up. One on the top, and one each side. The lights are ummmm really old studio lights, but they do the job

[Steffen]

Steffen, I used a basic three light set up. One on the top, and one each side. The lights are ummmm really old studio lights, but they do the job

No front lighting at all? Is that entirely provided by the top and side lights, through the tent walls?

I've got one of those tents too, but don't really know how to use it yet, hence my daft questions. I did one commercial shot the other day (images for an eBay auction of my wife ). For that, I dragged the tent outside into the afternoon sun, and used off-camera flash from the other side/front. My wife was very happy, and got twice as much in the auction as she had expected, but I wasn't too pleased...

Today I went to Bunnings and got two of those twin-500W halogen lights on stands. I'll see how that goes, once I get around to shooting the 50/f1.2 for eBay,

Cheers
Steffen.

[Mal]

Steffen, I used a basic three light set up. One on the top, and one each side. The lights are ummmm really old studio lights, but they do the job

No front lighting at all? Is that entirely provided by the top and side lights, through the tent walls?

snip..

No from my basic understanding the object is to get an even light in the tent. because of the size of my lights I can achieve this with the three of them. (they are studio lights, meant fro TV use