[Leica] Art Nouveau Glass - Lighting Question

[leowesson at charter.net (leo)]

Douglas,

They look pretty nice to me.  The only thing I would do different is to 
move the white paper beneath the glass further back so that you don't 
get its reflection in the bottom of the frame.

Leo


On Apr 17, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Hello all,
> I've set up the "high-tech studio" again to photograph some details of
> what we think must be a French Art Nouveau/Art Deco bowl. My wife's
> mother always said it was Rene Lalique, but as it is unsigned we have 
> no
> idea who made it.
>
> Question 1) Any collectors out there who know its provenance?
> Question 2) which lighting set-up is most effective for your tastes? 
> Any other suggestions?
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1492_edited_2
> The "Studio"
>
>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Lalique_bowl
> Lalique style bowl is lit from below and normal room lighting obliquely
> from above daylight from top left.
>
>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1489_edited_2
> Lit from below, daylight reflected from bottom right, tungsten from 
> back
> right via mirror.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1487_edited_3
> as above with more tungsten reflected from mirror , see studio set up.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1486_edited_4
> Less tungsten, more daylight, right fish highlighted with a maglite
> from front right.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1485_edited_3
> as above but maglite placed in the bowl at the right.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_1483_edited_4
> as before, maglite replaced by a broader beamed flahlight, the black
> background is the body of the flashlight.
>
> NO colour manipulation during processing , only sharpness and contrast
> enhanced.
>
> Hope you like them
> cheers
> Douglas
>
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