A Love for Music

[Bowlch]

For those that have seen this type of shot before, I apologise. I saw one similar a few months back using a wedding ring in a gallery and attempted to do my own version.

Firstly I placed a UV filter on top of the music book with the camera on a tripod. I half pressed the shutter to set the focus before switching to manual focus mode.

I then turned out all the lights and set the exposure for 1 second. I then used a small LED keyring and held it at the correct angle to shine the light so the shadow wall fall correctly to make the heart shape. The first few shots were flared due to the light being so close, I then added a lens hood.

Settings were:

Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 38 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

I then imported the RAW image into Photoshop, sorted out levels and temperature before adding the colour by duplicating the layer, selecting the "to be coloured" areas and then altering the hue as necessary.

Any opinions or criticism will be appreciated

High res shots and more on my Flickr

[BEGM83]

Love it!

[Alf]

Cool shot, I have tried the one with the weddin g ring with reasonable results. Thanks for sharing, well done.

[SuperDan]

I love this ! I am going to have to try.. and its a neat concept and i think you did well!

[martha36]

Wow, cool shot. I will have to try it.

[bigjonathand]

Nicely Done! I will definitely have to give it a shot.

Got to find my music books ...

Thanks for sharing the setup.

[ts10873]

This is a great idea and would work great in wedding photography.

[martindk3]

Originally Posted by Bowlch

For those that have seen this type of shot before, I apologise. I saw one similar a few months back using a wedding ring in a gallery and attempted to do my own version.

Firstly I placed a UV filter on top of the music book with the camera on a tripod. I half pressed the shutter to set the focus before switching to manual focus mode.

I then turned out all the lights and set the exposure for 1 second. I then used a small LED keyring and held it at the correct angle to shine the light so the shadow wall fall correctly to make the heart shape. The first few shots were flared due to the light being so close, I then added a lens hood.

Settings were:

Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 38 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

I then imported the RAW image into Photoshop, sorted out levels and temperature before adding the colour by duplicating the layer, selecting the "to be coloured" areas and then altering the hue as necessary.

Any opinions or criticism will be appreciated

High res shots and more on my Flickr

Very impressive!

[LeeR]

I have not seen this before. Very elegant and well executed.

[MrBeta]

Common shot but a very nice take on it. I've never seen the "selective color" on something like this.