Ihatemymoney
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What flash unit did you use?
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Both photos are under exposed (CFL more so than flash), poorly lit for use as product shots, and could use some post process editing work to improve the sharpness and clarity..
In the flash shot there is more light in the middle of the segments than at the ends, likely because of light fall and/or the flash unit not projecting a wide angle beam.
In the CFL shot there is less light at the larger diameter ends of the segments.
The black colored segment gets lost on the black background.
You need to control reflections better, use 2 or more lights, use some black flats to help control reflections and use some white flats for fill.
I recommend a set up that has the cure segments parallel to the camera image sensor so the DoF is constant along the full length of the segments.
You would want the camera placed such that it is about at the middle of the cue segments rather than being at one end of the segments.
I would likely hang the segments in space in front of a white background using fine fishing line rather than lay them on a surface, and then clone away the fishing line post process.
I would light the background separately from the cue segments, so the background stays pure white.
What flash unit did you use?
If you don't already have it, get the product photography lighting fundamentals bible - Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Both photos are under exposed (CFL more so than flash), poorly lit for use as product shots, and could use some post process editing work to improve the sharpness and clarity..
In the flash shot there is more light in the middle of the segments than at the ends, likely because of light fall and/or the flash unit not projecting a wide angle beam.
In the CFL shot there is less light at the larger diameter ends of the segments.
The black colored segment gets lost on the black background.
You need to control reflections better, use 2 or more lights, use some black flats to help control reflections and use some white flats for fill.
I recommend a set up that has the cure segments parallel to the camera image sensor so the DoF is constant along the full length of the segments.
You would want the camera placed such that it is about at the middle of the cue segments rather than being at one end of the segments.
I would likely hang the segments in space in front of a white background using fine fishing line rather than lay them on a surface, and then clone away the fishing line post process.
I would light the background separately from the cue segments, so the background stays pure white.