Extra large Light Tent

[Damon Theis]

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.







Bee:





Pastel:





Fire:

[Jerhart]

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

[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

[Damon Theis]

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

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

[Damon Theis]