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Following on from another thread about home made gear , sometime back I had time on my hands , little cash and the desire for a beauty dish .... so I made one ! Now the other day I was shooting at a studio and decided to do a side by side , mine against a professional one costing around £120 ( $175 ish ) . Guess which is which, and let me have your reasons for thinking this pls.   Mar 24 13 01:43 am Link What size beauty dish? The transition from light to dark is a little harsh to my eye for a large beauty dish positioned in close. Mar 24 13 01:48 am Link bd's seem to be positioned in a unflattering way imo but if i would have to guess A would be the professional one Mar 24 13 01:57 am Link both were around 22 in diameter, a little over head height and about 2 to 3 feet from the head Mar 24 13 02:03 am Link regardless of anything, i prefer the light in "A". Mar 24 13 07:32 am Link The "lighting" differences from your dishes are negligible compared to the differences in image color, exposure and the position/expression of the model. They could easily have been shot with the same dish, then processed differently. Mar 24 13 09:02 am Link still-photography wrote: +1 Mar 24 13 10:38 am Link They were both shot with the same light and camera setting, I just got the model to stand as still as possible while I changed the dishes ! and both are straight from the camera , no processing other than standard lr / cs6 generic ! However , if you think they could be shot with the same dish , I guess that means my cheap home made one cant be that bad ! I am tho rather curious as to why there is a colour change, I tried editing one to match the other and couldn't even get close ! Mar 24 13 11:13 am Link maybe one of the dishes isn't reflecting the full color spectrum? Mar 24 13 03:41 pm Link same focal length? Model's features look like they were shot w/ a wide angle on B...or she's really weird looking :-) Lighting is better on A. White balance is a lot better. B is too warm so I'd guess A is the real BD. Which brand was it? Mar 24 13 04:07 pm Link MarcMarayag wrote: the whole point of a BD is to be flattering. I wouldnt even hazard a guess because I'm pretty sure both can be used in a more yummy way. Mar 24 13 04:22 pm Link I am thinking your dish is the second one and it's made of some material giving it a warm cast, possibly the center disk. Mar 24 13 05:02 pm Link SKITA Studios wrote: Just checked , both shot at 1/125, F10 , A was shot at 70mm and B at 40mm both with a nikon 35 - 70 f2.8 lens & a d7000 , using the same strobe setting ! Mar 25 13 12:05 am Link I am also very interested in the comments about usage... I am definately not an expert, and from what I have read the ideal position is from 12 - 24 inches from the model and about the same higher than the head. Maybe I should have had it a bit higher , but I am looking to get feedback from those of you who use these things regularly. Mar 25 13 12:17 am Link No response , was really hoping for some comments to my last post.... normally learn a lot here but seems to be a bit lacking here ! Mar 26 13 12:21 pm Link Rather than use a model, light a wall at various distance (1 to 3 times the dish diameter) and let us check out the patterns. Mar 26 13 01:31 pm Link here is an image showing the 3 distances as you suggested !  Strobe settings the same, camera settings and position identical This is with the strobe metered for F5 at the wall in each case  Mar 27 13 04:43 am Link Here's my $20 home made beauty dish. 14" garden bowl from Home Depot, 12 ounce tupperware container with the bottom cut out and a 3" concave mirror in its place.    Result on a silly daughter:  Mar 27 13 07:41 am Link rickspix_uk wrote: Not identical. Close. Similar, but just look at the size of the BD and the crown molding in the two images. Not the same view. Mar 27 13 07:48 am Link i'd suggest losing the tupperware and holding the mirror in place with wire instead, otherwise you're going to shorten the lifespan of the flash tube, or start a fire with the modeling lamp. Mar 27 13 07:56 am Link photo212grapher wrote: Each set of 3 images were taken with the bd on a stand and with the camera on a tripod, there probably was a small amount of movement between the 2 sets of 3 tho. And no I am not looking for a critique or it would be somewhere else ! I originally made the post as a bit of fun to see who could guess which image was taken with the real BD and which was taken with mine, although subsequently due to a few comments decided to ask for help on how to use a bd better as it was suggested the results could be improved! And I for one dont think my skills are beyond improvement! Mar 27 13 08:03 am Link I actually posted this else where as well , and guess what all those who expressed a preference all said they thought the light from A was best so am I downhearted with my $15 BD, Not at all..... A was mine , a plastic washing up bowl and an enamel plate! Mar 30 13 10:30 am Link |
