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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 787459" data-attributes="member: 46690">For this week's &quot;Silhouette&quot; challenge, I decided to try something fun. My idea was to do a macro shoot of an old tiny slot car, set up against a softbox with some old Christmas fake tree clippings for foliage. Of course as soon as I started setting up, my cat decided he needed to investigate. So I decided I needed to take a shot or two:[ATTACH=full]377727[/ATTACH].[ATTACH=full]377728[/ATTACH].Once I shooed him off the table, I got down to business. This was the setup:[ATTACH=full]377729[/ATTACH]Then turn the softbox on, the room lights out, and...[ATTACH=full]377730[/ATTACH].[ATTACH=full]377731[/ATTACH]I had an awful lot of fun with this. I think I like #'s 2 and 3 the best, but I'm not sure. I may tweak some of the white balance in a few of the shots, and maybe lighten the last picture a little. I wanted to give it a twilight feel, but I think I went a bit too far. We'll see. I'll play around with them some more tomorrow and see what I think.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 787459, member: 46690"] For this week's "Silhouette" challenge, I decided to try something fun. My idea was to do a macro shoot of an old tiny slot car, set up against a softbox with some old Christmas fake tree clippings for foliage. Of course as soon as I started setting up, my cat decided he needed to investigate. So [I]I[/I] decided I needed to take a shot or two: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]377727._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]377728._xfImport[/ATTACH] . Once I shooed him off the table, I got down to business. This was the setup: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]377729._xfImport[/ATTACH] Then turn the softbox on, the room lights out, and... [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]377730._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]377731._xfImport[/ATTACH] I had an awful lot of fun with this. I think I like #'s 2 and 3 the best, but I'm not sure. I may tweak some of the white balance in a few of the shots, and maybe lighten the last picture a little. I wanted to give it a twilight feel, but I think I went a bit too far. We'll see. I'll play around with them some more tomorrow and see what I think. [/QUOTE]

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