Shrimp platter shoot

[Don Kondra]

Greetings,

This is a birthday present I received from Glass Artist Lee Brady.

I placed the platter on a piece of 30" x 30" x 1/4" plate glass and raised it off the backdrop with white tobacoo cans. The glass wasn't quite big enough so I cloned out the cans with Light Box Plus.

14-54mm @ 42mm, 1/50, f 3.3, iso 400

Cheers, Don

[SmartWombat]

Great present.
And thanks for showing the lighting setup.

The plate looks soft to me at the bottom. I would have thought you could get perpendicular to the plate, or use a smaller aperture, to get it all in focus?

[Don Kondra]

I thought the bottom was a bit soft too but on closer inspection it is the texture of that piece of glass. I turned the platter 90 degrees and got the same results.

Perhaps I'll reset up lower so I can use a tripod and try f 8..

I did try shooting straight down and didn't care for the perspective

Thanx, Don

[dana m.]

You make some beautiful furniture Don (yeah...I peeked). My favorite is the floating table.

[Don Kondra]

Thank you very much, it's always good to hear ...

Reshot at 1/5, f 7.1, iso 200, 33mm and a little more aggressive with PP

Cheers, Don