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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 746735" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>I had fun setting up a shot for this weeks photo challeng, "Morning Beverage". I originally wanted to stage the scene on my kitchen table next to an open window for natural light, but an uncooporative sun negated that idea. Then I took it outside to our deck, but there was no place that I could arrange things where the brown bare tree background did not completely camoflage the brown coffee. So back inside to my basement "studio", where I set things on a folding table with two soft boxes set at 45-degrees (1:1 light ratio). I can't say I like the sterile white background, but beggers/choosers and all that. At least the coffee stands out.</p><p></p><p>It took me a few tries to pour the coffee pot while firing the wired remote without moving the vessel out of the focal plane, but once I got the hang of it things got easier. I first shot bursts in jpeg, because my little D5500 fills the buffer in RAW after only 4 or 5 shots. Jpeg mode is much faster, and lasts longer (it's why I shot my hummingbird photos that way also). I did try RAW for the last set, and it was one of those that I used for my challenge submission. But in all honesty, I can't see any difference in quality between jpeg and RAW here other than RAW letting you manipulate more things in post. </p><p></p><p>The first picture is the one I submitted. The second is from a jpeg batch, the third is RAW again. I had a hard time deciding which one to use.</p><p></p><p>BTW, that's not coffee getting poured into the mug. It's water mixed with soy sauce. The magic of illusion <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]348039[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]348040[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]348041[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 746735, member: 46690"] I had fun setting up a shot for this weeks photo challeng, "Morning Beverage". I originally wanted to stage the scene on my kitchen table next to an open window for natural light, but an uncooporative sun negated that idea. Then I took it outside to our deck, but there was no place that I could arrange things where the brown bare tree background did not completely camoflage the brown coffee. So back inside to my basement "studio", where I set things on a folding table with two soft boxes set at 45-degrees (1:1 light ratio). I can't say I like the sterile white background, but beggers/choosers and all that. At least the coffee stands out. It took me a few tries to pour the coffee pot while firing the wired remote without moving the vessel out of the focal plane, but once I got the hang of it things got easier. I first shot bursts in jpeg, because my little D5500 fills the buffer in RAW after only 4 or 5 shots. Jpeg mode is much faster, and lasts longer (it's why I shot my hummingbird photos that way also). I did try RAW for the last set, and it was one of those that I used for my challenge submission. But in all honesty, I can't see any difference in quality between jpeg and RAW here other than RAW letting you manipulate more things in post. The first picture is the one I submitted. The second is from a jpeg batch, the third is RAW again. I had a hard time deciding which one to use. BTW, that's not coffee getting poured into the mug. It's water mixed with soy sauce. The magic of illusion :) . [ATTACH=CONFIG]348039._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=CONFIG]348040._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=CONFIG]348041._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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