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Light Box Pics

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Rather then a light tent, I made a light box out've foam board. :D It took me forever to get my camera settings just right. Let me know what you think!

Tangerine Bell
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Stripe
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SHTCT
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Patternless
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Mack
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Jungle
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Hypo Tang
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scotty77327 said:
SWEEEEEET those are great if i beg will you teach me how
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No begging needed. :)

For the light box I just used white Foam Board. Cut to everything to the size I wanted & then taped it together. I have a lamp clamped onto the top facing down. The bulb in the lamp is a Sylvania daylight bulb of some sort (my Fiance threw out the box :NoNo: ).

The settings on my camera (DSC-P200 7.2MP) are as follows:

Option P
EV = +0.3EV
Focus = MultiAF
Metering Mode = Multi
White Balance = Custom Set
ISO = Auto
Picture Quality = Fine
Record Mode = Normal
Flash Level = +
Saturation = +
Contrast = +
Sharpness = +

Now as far as what all that means...I have no idea...But it took me 2+ hours to figure out the perfect setting for this! :rolleyes:
 
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TripleMoonsExotic said:
No begging needed. :)

For the light box I just used white Foam Board. Cut to everything to the size I wanted & then taped it together. I have a lamp clamped onto the top facing down. The bulb in the lamp is a Sylvania daylight bulb of some sort (my Fiance threw out the box :NoNo: ).

The settings on my camera (DSC-P200 7.2MP) are as follows:

Option P
EV = +0.3EV
Focus = MultiAF
Metering Mode = Multi
White Balance = Custom Set
ISO = Auto
Picture Quality = Fine
Record Mode = Normal
Flash Level = +
Saturation = +
Contrast = +
Sharpness = +

Now as far as what all that means...I have no idea...But it took me 2+ hours to figure out the perfect setting for this! :rolleyes:
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well your hard work sure paid off they are terrific
 
Those foam board light boxes do work nice. I usually make 1-2 a year and throw them out when I'm done for a while. They cost like $5-$10 to make and I don't feel like storing them. I store the compact florescents that I use, and the clamp light all come from my reptile cages and unused equipment.

If you use more clamp lights you can reduce those harsh shadows. I usually use 4 of them, clamped on to the sides and pointing at the corners. That gets a lot of light bouncing around in those boxes and gives nice, even, bright lighting.

I would post pics, but everything I did this year in boxes was on slides and color print film. My only digital is a little point and shoot Kodak. Hopefully this year I will get a digital body to go with my Canon set up. :shrug01:
 
TripleMoons, you have the best Geckos here. That Mack is PRETTY!! Me like Mackie, me like Mackie!
 
Here's a couple more pictures from that particular photo shoot...
 

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I finally broke down and ordered a digital SLR body to add to my Canon set-up. So I'm going to have to put together one of those again so that I can get some nice digital shots to post.
 
Very nice pictures. That hypo tang has quite the belly on him. He's the Chris Farley of leopard geckos.
 
I just got these pictured printed, and the look like doo-doo! :ack2:

Why didn't anyone tell me there was an ugly yellowish background? On my screen, the backgrounds look pure white...But after I got them printed and they looked yucky, I opened them up on a work computer and can see the discolorment. Grrr! :angry:
 
No, I did look at them on a work computer and you can see the yellowish background. :( It's a shame we can't ALL see the same shades in a photo. Should have thought of that I guess.
 
Only my $0.02 worth. You need to diffuse the light more, looks like you have 2 lights as 2 shadows are being cast in some of the pics, one being a yellow color or your main light source from the room is casting the other shadow. Color is good.
 
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