rim light

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Last weekend I have a bit of time to play with light. For such experiments I usually use my a100, but this time I used my nex-5. It's flash can trigger wirelessly my yongnuo YN460-II only. I used optical cables to chanel the light around various photosubjects. Some results below (with the adapted 100mm macro):


And these are with the kit lens:




The last one is straight out of camera jpeg, not even the dust spots have been edited out.

Cheers

Marcell

[aramkostanyan]

Very nice shots Marcell, I like mostly the rose.

[Dr. Harout]

wow.
On a second thought; woooooooow

[Anne_LilyofTheValley]

Very very well done!!! I think with prime lens it would be just magnificent

[Birma]

Very nice ligthing effect Marcell

[cosmonaut1959]

Wow. Tell me more about the flash. I would like to do the same with my Next 5n.

[aster]

Impressive.

Are they on a transparent surface? What's the light and object arrangement of these great shots.

Thanks,

Yildiz

[mvanrheenen]

Absolutely stunning images!

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Many thanks for the positive replies. Few words about the set-up. Recently I played a lot with fiber optic filaments and used them to achive fancy lighting effects. I have a flickr page and a not so frequently updated blog on this topic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrobe/
http://www.fiberstrobe.blogspot.com/

My two latest projects were to create fiber optic based ringflash adapters for my nex and a100 cameras:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrob ... 491664288/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiberstrob ... 934756022/

While using these adapters came the idea to channel the light not in a standard ringflash way but more around the subject (from the sides) to create a kind of rim light. Ringflash also creates an interesting effect, but the lack of shadows makes most of the pictures dull.
I don't have a picture of the set-up yet, but I will post it soon.
The background was the lid of a praline box. Black and a bit reflective. Not the best option but that's what I found in a hurry. There was no special background in case of the rose. It was in a relatively dark room standing in a vase on the floor.
I used a single flash, a yongnuo YN460-II, which works somehow together with the nex in wireless mode. I covered the flash of the nex to prevent light coming from the camera.

Cheers

Marcell

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Impressive.

Are they on a transparent surface? What's the light and object arrangement of these great shots.

Thanks,

Yildiz

And here is a picture about the lighting set-up:



and a new picture:

[aster]

Thanks for the demonstration and the sample photo, Marcel. : )

Nice set up.

Much appreciated.

Yildiz

[Dr. Harout]

A big thank you from me too.

[InTheSky]

Wow that is a real technical setup for a specific usage.

Greate result an idea.

Regards,

Frank