Extra large Light Tent

Well, I finally got off my butt and built one. Been meaning to for a long time.
The tent/box is roughly 3 feet square, allowing for room to shoot the largest of adult female balls. (if you can keep them still)
I still have some work to do on light placement and I have find a proper sweep. I am just using a piece of white "broad cloth" at the moment.
The ceiling and sides are still open, but here's the first test shots using my canon A620 in portrait mode, AWB, on a tripod. Lighting is currently 6 - 23watt "daylight" compact flouro's putting out around 1300 lums each.
The tent itself is pvc construction. I will get some DIY info up soon for it. Cost so far is about $85 for all material, lights, bulbs, and tools.

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box1.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box7.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box8.jpg

Bee:

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box2.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box3.jpg

Pastel:

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box4.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box5.jpg

Fire:

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/box6.jpg

Very nice! I been looking to build one of these. Is it possible to post a picture of the actual structure itself? :oops: ...I want to know if I am doing it correctly :P Thanks again!

As an aside, you need to reduce your aperture to increase your depth of field. You want to keep the whole snake in focus when you're that close.

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=depth+of+field

JohnNJ

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Originally Posted by JohnNJ

As an aside, you need to reduce your aperture to increase your depth of field. You want to keep the whole snake in focus when you're that close.

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=depth+of+field

JohnNJ

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Yes, they were shot in "portrait" (intentionally) for testing, which has a very short depth of field.

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/lb1.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/lb2.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/lb3.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/lb4.jpg

http://www.eyehit.com/~damon/lb5.jpg