Ken Childs
11-07-2011, 01:48 PM
Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Av mode
1/30"
F8
ISO 100
Tripod
CS5
Shoot indoors with a quickly improvised sort of lightbox. I took a medium sized cardboard box, removed the top and one of the small sides and lined the bottom with a piece of white foam board. I put a sheet of clear acrylic over the top, put a sheet of white paper on top of that and then the leaves on top of the paper. A floodlight aimed at the foam board completed the setup.
Cropped, repaired a few small holes in the leaves, curves to get the BG nice and white, contrast, SH, high pass and smart sharpening. I thought a larger CW rotation would look better but after trying it, I went back to this which is pretty much how it came out of the camera.
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Av mode
1/30"
F8
ISO 100
Tripod
CS5
Shoot indoors with a quickly improvised sort of lightbox. I took a medium sized cardboard box, removed the top and one of the small sides and lined the bottom with a piece of white foam board. I put a sheet of clear acrylic over the top, put a sheet of white paper on top of that and then the leaves on top of the paper. A floodlight aimed at the foam board completed the setup.
Cropped, repaired a few small holes in the leaves, curves to get the BG nice and white, contrast, SH, high pass and smart sharpening. I thought a larger CW rotation would look better but after trying it, I went back to this which is pretty much how it came out of the camera.