Special techniques

[Levina de Ruijter]

A flickr friend once posted images like these and when I asked how she got the reflections on both the subject and below it she challenged me to find out. What followed was a long evening of experimenting with a glass plate, a colourful piece of cloth and a couple of flashes placed strategically. After I posted these images my friend told me she had just used an ipad as background...

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF50mm f/1.8 II
• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/250s
• ISO 100

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF50mm f/1.8 II
• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/250s
• ISO 100

 

[Chuck]

These are very pretty. Must have been pretty hard to get the reflection both on the spoons and forks as well as on the surface. Can't imagine how you did that.

 

[RichardB]

These are very pretty. Must have been pretty hard to get the reflection both on the spoons and forks as well as on the surface. Can't imagine how you did that.

Just use an iPad!!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Just use an iPad!!

You know I never even tried that. Hmmm...

 

[RichardB]

You know I never even tried that. Hmmm...

Then it’s high time you did! Looking forward to the images…

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Then it’s high time you did! Looking forward to the images…

LOL You forget to say "no pressure"!!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Very lovely images, however they were made.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Very lovely images, however they were made.

Thanks very much, Jack!

 

[Blackbird]

These are so nice. I could not even begin to understand how you made those reflections possible.

 

[PhotoNut]

A flickr friend once posted images like these and when I asked how she got the reflections on both the subject and below it she challenged me to find out. What followed was a long evening of experimenting with a glass plate, a colourful piece of cloth and a couple of flashes placed strategically. After I posted these images my friend told me she had just used an ipad as background...


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I like these a lot. How would this be done exactly with an iPad?

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I like these a lot. How would this be done exactly with an iPad?

From what I understand, you just choose a nice colourful pattern on the iPad and put a spoon, a fork etc. on it and then photograph that. From a low angle of course. I did it the hard way and never tried it with an iPad.

 

[K9Kirk]

A flickr friend once posted images like these and when I asked how she got the reflections on both the subject and below it she challenged me to find out. What followed was a long evening of experimenting with a glass plate, a colourful piece of cloth and a couple of flashes placed strategically. After I posted these images my friend told me she had just used an ipad as background...


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Cool stuff, Levina!

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Cool stuff, Levina!

Thanks very much, Kirk!

 

[PhotoNut]

From what I understand, you just choose a nice colourful pattern on the iPad and put a spoon, a fork etc. on it and then photograph that. From a low angle of course. I did it the hard way and never tried it with an iPad.

I'm going to try.

Do you have more of these? That you can post I mean.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I don't have a lot of these shots, but here are two more.

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
• ƒ/9
• 100mm
• 1/200s
• ISO 200

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
• ƒ/9
• 100mm
• 1/200s
• ISO 200