light hood - almost done what do you think

[jhale]

I've finally gotten around to finishing my light hood.
My original concept was to use the lights to make a back lit light box. I'm playing around with different photos now, seeing how I like the mix of color and black and white, and different subjects.
So far I like the way it's looking, I just need to get a thin piece of plexi to protect the photos, and keep them in place. If I have the time it will be a rotating mini gallery of my work, otherwise the photos will never change.

 

[scotty]

great idea

as long as the main attraction is still the tank.

 

[bad coffee]

I really like the idea. And I like the difference in textures in each pic. However, it's distracting from the tank. The light box is the lightest part of the picture, and immediately draws my eye to it. (probably the purpose of this pic!)

Can you dim the light box a bit? maybe put some neutral density gel behind it? The pics would still glow, but not too bright. I also realize it(the lightbox vs the tank) might look better in real life than it does in this pic. Then nevermind my suggestion!

Brett

 

[Deanos]

Looks much better than most stoic canopies. Too bad you can't have the pics rotate mechanically...Times Square-like.

Dean

p.s. Now that I look at it again...I would like the leftmost picture all the way across, sort of like the ocean's surface.

 

[jhale]

yeah, I'm still playing with the photos, I did not have one big piece of the transparency paper, so I made a bunch of small ones to check out the effect. I like the idea of water going across, I'm not sure I have a long enough shot to do that.

in person the light is balanced. the camera could not compensate, so I dropped it a half stop to show the light box photos. it ened up making the tank dark.

BC the ND filters are a good idea, some of the shots let through more light than others.

[ July 11, 2005, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: jhale ]

 

[jhale]

i thought it would be funny to have pics of the things in my tank and descriptions, just like the zoo's and aquariums.
that way I won't have to answer a hundred questions when non-reefers come over

 

[jhale]

another view of the photos

 

[scotty]

or u could put a long pic of that girl it could be like a magazine pullout from maxim or something. sorry i am bored waitting for work to end. its my friday

 

[bad coffee]

That first pic the whole way across would rock!

what if you got a roll of velum from an art store? You could feed it through the printer in one piece!
B

 

[jhale]

I have a friend in the building with a 42" inkjet. I know he's got the paper I need, so if I do a long shot I'll have him print it.

I have a feeling the girl in the water shot will change when my girlfriend comes home. otherwise it would have been all nudes, tasteful of course

 

[jackson6745]

Jon, looks cool! I like it, very creative.

 

[jhale]

thanks Rich

 

[spykes]

geeez john, you have done it once again, very nice man.

 

[FRY]

it looks great, have to say you do class work,if you can tone it down abit ,it draws your eyes away from the tank,other then that its great

frank

 

[jhale]

thanks spykes and fry,

these photos were to see what colors and densities would look okay. I like the idea of using one long shot.
or mixing a bunch of photos but keeping the color palette the same. to many different shots like this and does get crazy looking. even all sepia toned shots would look cool.

 

[nanoreefer22]

John thats looking really good!! The sepia toned would probably look really really nice. I personally like sepia toned prints. We did those in school, by far a favorite or mine. The idea of one long shot is really cool too.

 

[jhale]

thanks Kris

 

[Reef Guy]

nice, great idea

 

[ctxmonitor]

That is a the best looking canopy. I agree with BC, that pic across will look perfect! Just like looking at the ocean..

 

[jhale]

I like the idea of the water, I also like to idea of making a collage of palm trees and sky, like the island is above on the hood and the tank is below with the reef, kind of a neat idea. I'll have a bunch of different ones printed then I can swap them when I feel like it. for scotty I'll even do some bikini shots across the front