I started off with a 400w tungsten light, extending the stand up to the ceiling and positioning it as far from the subject as possible. However, it was still too close and the whole room illuminated. As I don't have a remote as yet, it would have been rather awkward trying to set up the shot on timer and block some of the light etc.
I decided to use a slave flash and made a roll of black card, approximately two meters long, which I attached to the flash with some masking tape.
For the first image, my only option was to balance the flash on stairs to the right. Ideally the light source would have been further away. The illuminated area was very bright. Toning down the brightness of the highlights in post production helped, although I would have still liked the right side of the binnocular case a bit darker. Overall, I think the image works quite well. Concentrating the light on the case focuses attention on it. The light appears quite natural, as if some sunlight has come through a gap in curtains. I chose to convert this to monotone afterwards, as I felt it showed the variation in tone much better.
The second image had the flash positioned to the left of the binnoculars, and only slightly higher. The light skimmed the top of the binnoculars, illuminating an area of the table in between , with shadow covering part of the area the other side. Concentrating light on the binnoculars certainly makes them the central focus of the image.
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| 2013.04.13.BinsOnBureau f/4.5 0.6 ISO-3200 |
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| 2013.04.13.BinsOnTable f/5.6 1/5 ISO-6400 |
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