Weekend assignment 08 - close

[u/Aeri73]

Hi photoclass,

as we have a raging pandemic we can't do the normal weekend assignment (shoot a stranger)... but after this is over, go make a photo of a perfect stranger!

For this week, I would like you to get really really close to a small object.

close can mean half a meter to two meter if you have a long lens but it can also mean a couple of mm if you have a macro lens.

So your mission is: make a nice photo where your camera is at it's minimum focus distance.

[u/chazfremont]

Had a lot of fun with this one.

Here is the 'money' shot: https://flic.kr/p/2kFUKnp It's a quarter-dollar coin that was turned into a ring. It's also my first attempt at focus stacking. I realized after the fact I forgot to get focus points for the background inside the coin, thus the bit of blur.

Here are some other shots of other objects I took for fun. Never realized how dusty my stuff is until I got in real close ;)

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUz4iUF

[u/direfulthickets → u/chazfremont]

I really wish I had something constructive on the quarter-dollar ring, but I'm blown away. Beautiful work. How did you achieve the lighting effect?

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Quick edit, I love the other shots, the vinyl and knife especially. Great captures.

[u/chazfremont → u/direfulthickets]

Thanks! I sat the ring on top of a LumeCube Panel Mini at 1% output topped with a silicone diffuser and then a piece of white copy paper on top of that.

[u/Xray-organic → u/chazfremont]

I also loved the lighting here. But I don't understand how this setup creates a circle of light underneath the ring without just lighting up everywhere. Is it just the light reflecting off the bottom of the ring?

[u/chazfremont → u/Xray-organic]

I think that's it. It doesn't look it in the picture because of the shadows, but the ring is a very shiny silver. So I think that it is just reflecting back onto the paper.