April_2020_XT37158_srgb - a photo on Flickriver

April_2020_XT37158_srgb

            I don’t shoot still lives very often, but I figured shooting my son’s baritone horn would be a good challenge – photographing shiny stuff can be difficult.

I chose a dark background to give it some contrast. I did not want it to be pitch back so I used a V-flat. Almost everything out of frame is wrapped in white to create those glowing highlights on the horn. 6x3 ft scrims are on each side of the camera from the lens splaying back towards the V-flat just out of frame camera left and right. Another piece of white nylon was draped over top. A single light with a 7 inch reflector was placed behind the scrim camera left pointing into the scene. There is a light on the ceiling as well giving that bright little highlight on the top of the horn.

The scene felt a little plain at first so I draped the instrument in black tulle for some texture and mystery.

Shot with my Fujifilm X-T3 and XF 35mm f/2 lens set at f/8. Converted from RAW in Capture One Pro and cleaned up in Photoshop.

112/365

Taken on: April 21, 2020

Tags:

still life

horn

baritone horn

studio

reflective

band

wind instrument

tulle

contrast

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Sets appears in: • 2020 365 • still life

Groups appears in: • Fujinon XF35mm F2 • Fujifilm X-T3 Users

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