I posted one of these in the laser thread already. I've been playing around, and thought I would share what I've got so far. As of yet I've only shot bookends. Maybe someday I'll move up to doorstops, or even paperweights. Someday.
These are both illuminated with a combination laser pointer/blue LED light I picked for a few dollars at the mall. They were both taken with a tripod-mounted EOS 20D and a TS-E 90mm.
This one I posted in the laser thread. A pair of cheap onyx bookends my sister bought in Texas or Mexico somewhere. They are supposed to be a Mexican guy sitting by a cactus, but the sculpture is kind of crappy. I call it "Dos Amigos". I used a thirty second exposure at f/16 and ISO 100.
I also have a pair of marble bookends I bought on eBay years ago that look like a couple of Easter Island statues. They have their hands in front of them as if to hold something, so I had them hold a really weird rock I found. I used the blue LED to illuminate the rock, and to make it look as if the rock were illuminating the statues. I pointed the LED at the lens from behind the rock and made it look like they were sucking blue energy from the rock into their mouths. Before I closed the shutter I hit each one in the eye with the laser. I think it came out pretty neat. I used something like a minute and a half exosure on this one because it was a more complex shot that they other one. I used f/8 here because the composition was flatter and f/16 wasn't required. I used ISO 200 because that cut down on the time it took to get good indirect light with the little LED.
I need some different colored LEDs and some more sculptures to play with. I think there's a lot of potential in this style of photography that hasn't been tapped yet. Let me know if you have any good sources for LEDs or some ideas you would like to see done and I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for looking!
These are both illuminated with a combination laser pointer/blue LED light I picked for a few dollars at the mall. They were both taken with a tripod-mounted EOS 20D and a TS-E 90mm.
This one I posted in the laser thread. A pair of cheap onyx bookends my sister bought in Texas or Mexico somewhere. They are supposed to be a Mexican guy sitting by a cactus, but the sculpture is kind of crappy. I call it "Dos Amigos". I used a thirty second exposure at f/16 and ISO 100.
I also have a pair of marble bookends I bought on eBay years ago that look like a couple of Easter Island statues. They have their hands in front of them as if to hold something, so I had them hold a really weird rock I found. I used the blue LED to illuminate the rock, and to make it look as if the rock were illuminating the statues. I pointed the LED at the lens from behind the rock and made it look like they were sucking blue energy from the rock into their mouths. Before I closed the shutter I hit each one in the eye with the laser. I think it came out pretty neat. I used something like a minute and a half exosure on this one because it was a more complex shot that they other one. I used f/8 here because the composition was flatter and f/16 wasn't required. I used ISO 200 because that cut down on the time it took to get good indirect light with the little LED.
I need some different colored LEDs and some more sculptures to play with. I think there's a lot of potential in this style of photography that hasn't been tapped yet. Let me know if you have any good sources for LEDs or some ideas you would like to see done and I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for looking!
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