Shadows?

[Harak720]

Hi, kinda weird to see only one topic in this forum but I was hoping to get an answer to two questions: 1)What is that shadow in the pic below? and 2) How do I arrange it so that I don't have it?

 

 

I'm using an Olympus C-4000 Zoom.

[Inarah]

Something between the lamp and your figure? You perhaps?

 

When I photograph I arrange things as if on the face of a clock. The mini goes in the center. I have a lamp at 12 o'clock pointing straight down. A lamp at 9 amd 3 aiming at the mini. And a lamp at about 5 or 7 aiming at the mini. I take the photo from the 6 o'clock position. No shadows, all sides illuminated.

 

Digital film is cheap. Always take multiple shots and then pick the best one(s).

[Harak720]

Not sure it's me, since I tried taking one from the other side. Anyway, thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.

[JimL]

Like Inarah said, the light is pointed at the object and without equal light coming from above and the on both sides you get the shadow. You need to flood the area around the object with nearly equal amounts of light to eliminate shadows.

[Spike]

Has that same shadow turned up in other pictures you've taken? Sometimes (though rarely) there can be something going on with the camera itself.

 

But your shadow looks natural enough I'm betting it's something you can easily fix. There's a few topics here about how to make a light box or how to set your lamps up. Any of those should be helpful.

 

Since in your post you say you only see the one topic, that's because the forum default setting only shows topics that have been active within the last 30 days. There's lots of other topics here..but they're a little older...so they're hidden.

 

To unhide them, go to the Shuuterbug forum main page (where you saw that one lonely topic) and look in the red bar just below the topics list. You'll see a link that says "Click here to show filter options". You'll then see something like "Show topics from last (blank) days...". Pick the "show all" option..and then check the "Remember settings" box. Then you ought to be able to look at all the topics going right back to the beginning of the forum.

 

I hope that helps you out a bit. Good luck getting rid of that shadow.

[Harak720]

To unhide them, go to the Shuuterbug forum main page (where you saw that one lonely topic) and look in the red bar just below the topics list. You'll see a link that says "Click here to show filter options". You'll then see something like "Show topics from last (blank) days...". Pick the "show all" option..and then check the "Remember settings" box. Then you ought to be able to look at all the topics going right back to the beginning of the forum.

 

I hope that helps you out a bit. Good luck getting rid of that shadow.

Thanks!

[Harak720]

Thanks for all the suggestions,guys. I also figure the light probably reflects off the white wall and bounces back from the opposite white wall; so I'm also going to try to put something non-reflective behind the mini.

[Doug Sundseth]

Thanks for all the suggestions,guys. I also figure the light probably reflects off the white wall and bounces back from the opposite white wall; so I'm also going to try to put something non-reflective behind the mini.

 

Give it a try; pixels are cheap.

 

That said, one of the standard ways of filling shadows when taking photographs is to use a reflector to bounce the light onto the shadowed side of the subject.

 

(IOW, if you don't have multiple lights, you might want to increase the reflectance of the surface opposite your light.)

[Kang]

I see 2 shadows; one of the wolf, and one larger one that covers the lower left corner of the pic, including the front edge of the integral base and just barely the tip of the wolf's nose. The wolf shadow can be removed by adding more light sources that shine on that area (and the wolf of course) as has been described above (this might get rid of the other shadow too); could the other shadow be due to sunlight coming through a window, with most of the mini in the sunbeam and the shadow being that of the left side of the window frame, or something similar? Sometimes it's easy to forget about nearby windows when you're setting up lighting for photos... If it is your camera, that sucks (still under warrantee?), but I bet you'd notice in in all your photos if that were the case.

 

The mini's looking pretty cool, anyhow.

 

Kang

[Harak720]

could the other shadow be due to sunlight coming through a window, with most of the mini in the sunbeam and the shadow being that of the left side of the window frame, or something similar? Sometimes it's easy to forget about nearby windows when you're setting up lighting for photos...

Don't think so. I think it was after nightfall and I snapped it the opposite end of the room from the windows. The camera flash is pretty strong and I think it's just bouncing around the room.

 

If it is your camera, that sucks (still under warrantee?), but I bet you'd notice in in all your photos if that were the case.

Fortunately, the camera is borrowed. I think it's, as you said, a matter of light sources.

 

The mini's looking pretty cool, anyhow.

Thanks!

 

Kang