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Jungle Firefly shot

06-25-2008, 03:20 PM	#1
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	Jungle Firefly shot I was asked how I did this ... so here it is. I shoot all of my indoor shots in a light tent: The tent diffuses the light so you don't get as much shine on the plastic figures. I use 2 sometimes 3 natural light daylight fluorescent bulbs (the soft white ones add to much yellow to the picture). The back of the tent is black, so this is perfect for a night shot. For the grass I use Woodland Scenic field grass in various colors. These have been hot glued to wood bases so they can stand up. I use this grass in alot of my shots, and normally cover the bases with turf gass. Here the bases will be below the frame, so there is no need to. I set the grass up, with my camera on so I can see how it looks (this is not exact to my picture because I took this all down, then reset it up for this how-to, but you get the idea). __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa Last edited by vader9900 : 06-25-2008 at 03:41 PM.

06-25-2008, 03:40 PM	#2
vader9900 To old to play with toys! Offline --> Posts: 5,962 --> Join Date: Oct 2007	Firefly had to kneel because of the angle I wanted, but this is not noticable in the picture: Eveything is set up, again with my camera on to see how it looks. This shot is wide for reference, but I would normally be right on top of it with the macro on: I turn the right light off, because I wanted the light coming from the upper left corner where I was going to put the moon. Everything is adjusted and take the picture: Again this is not exact because I reset this up (the grass on the left was lower, because that was where I was going to put the moon). I am still using Photo Explosion which is pretty limited on its editing options. I did adjust the lighting a little. I added a moon I googled: The moon tint was adjusted to the color I wanted, blurred and adjusted the best I could. Photo Explosion has a cloud overlay that I added for a little more coolness. Hope this helped. __________________ "It ain't about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit, how much you can take and keep moving forward - thats how winning is done!" Rocky Balboa Last edited by vader9900 : 06-25-2008 at 03:50 PM.

06-25-2008, 03:48 PM	#3
justinm Veteran Offline --> Posts: 447 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	sweet,thanks! __________________ [

06-25-2008, 03:51 PM

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sweet,thanks!

Your welcome!

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06-25-2008, 04:16 PM	#5
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06-25-2008, 06:55 PM	#6
Da Talent That Light Dude Offline --> Posts: 4,845 --> Join Date: Sep 2007	nice dave, I actually learned a lot. thanks. __________________ All my customs in one place....Da Talent's Customs

06-25-2008, 07:08 PM

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nice dave, I actually learned a lot. thanks.

Cool, glad I could help!

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06-25-2008, 09:05 PM	#8
Flatline THEY ARE NOT DOLLS!!! Offline --> Posts: 16,465 --> Join Date: Jun 2007	GREAT HOW TO BUDDY IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE IF ONLY I HAD PHOTO EXPLOSION __________________ MY FLICKR PAGE......

06-25-2008, 10:22 PM	#9
ender098 Veteran Offline --> Posts: 3,665 --> Join Date: Dec 2005	*JAW DROPS**

Great How to!!

06-26-2008, 08:14 AM	#10
Garciacorp Member Offline --> Posts: 49 --> Join Date: May 2008	Great How to!! Great How to! If I may where did you purchase the Lighting tent? __________________ COBBBRRRAAAAA!!!