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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5179342, member: 105571"]I took about 20 shots with direct lighting: one, two and three lights, ambient daylight only, tilted slab, various light angles, homemade diffusers, etc. and could. not get a satisfactory result. I was looking to catch the reflective fields without blowing out the glare from the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was absolutely getting a reflection off the top of the glass from the light. The light itself was reflecting as an orb directly back into the lens (105 Sigma Macro) until I moved the light farther away from the glass pane. At 6" I got the reflection, at 8" no reflection. The photo you see employed a black piece of cardboard held at the rear top of the glass pane and manipulated until the result was the best possible. It was amazing how much difference very small adjustments to the cardboard's vertical placement and angle made in the image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5179342, member: 105571"]I took about 20 shots with direct lighting: one, two and three lights, ambient daylight only, tilted slab, various light angles, homemade diffusers, etc. and could. not get a satisfactory result. I was looking to catch the reflective fields without blowing out the glare from the devices. I was absolutely getting a reflection off the top of the glass from the light. The light itself was reflecting as an orb directly back into the lens (105 Sigma Macro) until I moved the light farther away from the glass pane. At 6" I got the reflection, at 8" no reflection. The photo you see employed a black piece of cardboard held at the rear top of the glass pane and manipulated until the result was the best possible. It was amazing how much difference very small adjustments to the cardboard's vertical placement and angle made in the image.[/QUOTE]
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