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<blockquote data-quote="RockyNH_RIP" data-source="post: 116231" data-attributes="member: 10784">Bubbles Wrapup...All the shooting was done with my 55-200, varied between 55 to 66 and all were at 1/200 and f/16ISO for the early blacks was 800, then 400 for the later black backgrounds..&nbsp; Both Speedlightswere at 1/2 power.For me this was a tough one...&nbsp; I just could not get a good balance.&nbsp; &nbsp; The first blacks were very bad...[ATTACH]27666[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]27667[/ATTACH]Later blacks were a little better, but still had issues..&nbsp;&nbsp; This was when I tried the white background[ATTACH]27668[/ATTACH]The white was showing crystal clear sharp bubbles and I thought I had it.For these, I had ISO at 160 and f/16 at 1/200.&nbsp; Focal length was 55mm for all of these.As you can see by these 2, the bubbles were sharp and clear but also had no real color.&nbsp; I discovered thatwhen I got things back into lightroom.&nbsp; I could use WB to color the photo but could not get colors in the bubbleslike I did with the black background.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am guessing this is because teh black absorbed the light and the whitereflected light back through the bubbles masking the color.[ATTACH]27671[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]27670[/ATTACH]So...&nbsp; the final result was as below.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was able to accent the color of the bubbles and clean up the background so went with the ones after I moved the black backgound back...[ATTACH]27669[/ATTACH]What would have made it better??&nbsp;&nbsp; a larger black background that was further back...&nbsp; It would have stayed clean black and my adjustments could have been focused only on the exposure of the bubbles.While tough, I learned a lot about exposure adjustments and a bit about the backgrounds.&nbsp; Glad that I did it!Thanks to all who followed along...Pat in NH</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RockyNH_RIP, post: 116231, member: 10784"] Bubbles Wrapup... All the shooting was done with my 55-200, varied between 55 to 66 and all were at 1/200 and f/16 ISO for the early blacks was 800, then 400 for the later black backgrounds.. Both Speedlights were at 1/2 power. For me this was a tough one... I just could not get a good balance. The first blacks were very bad... [ATTACH=CONFIG]27666._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]27667._xfImport[/ATTACH] Later blacks were a little better, but still had issues.. This was when I tried the white background [ATTACH=CONFIG]27668._xfImport[/ATTACH] The white was showing crystal clear sharp bubbles and I thought I had it. For these, I had ISO at 160 and f/16 at 1/200. Focal length was 55mm for all of these. As you can see by these 2, the bubbles were sharp and clear but also had no real color. I discovered that when I got things back into lightroom. I could use WB to color the photo but could not get colors in the bubbles like I did with the black background. I am guessing this is because teh black absorbed the light and the white reflected light back through the bubbles masking the color. [ATTACH=CONFIG]27671._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]27670._xfImport[/ATTACH] So... the final result was as below. I was able to accent the color of the bubbles and clean up the background so went with the ones after I moved the black backgound back... [ATTACH=CONFIG]27669._xfImport[/ATTACH] What would have made it better?? a larger black background that was further back... It would have stayed clean black and my adjustments could have been focused only on the exposure of the bubbles. While tough, I learned a lot about exposure adjustments and a bit about the backgrounds. Glad that I did it! Thanks to all who followed along... Pat in NH [/QUOTE]

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