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<p>[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 2456178, member: 17469"]Ditto everything Dave said. With your lights coming in so low, consider the angles of light that get to the camera. Any reflection off the fields will of course reflect off at a low angle, not toward the camera, and thus be dark. Any reflection off a device with a relatively flat surface will likewise not go to the camera. The light reflecting in to the camera is mostly the light from the edges of the devices. So you get this really contrasty look that's in your images.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, the higher the light, and the closer to the lens it is, the more you will have lighting on the fields and devices, which is typically more desireable. Of course it's your photo and what looks good to you might be different to what other folks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a similar brass coin shot with two lights up high:</p><p><img src="http://go-fast.org/FrenchCoins/?display&name=images/France%201931%201f%20Morlon" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 2456178, member: 17469"]Ditto everything Dave said. With your lights coming in so low, consider the angles of light that get to the camera. Any reflection off the fields will of course reflect off at a low angle, not toward the camera, and thus be dark. Any reflection off a device with a relatively flat surface will likewise not go to the camera. The light reflecting in to the camera is mostly the light from the edges of the devices. So you get this really contrasty look that's in your images. On the other hand, the higher the light, and the closer to the lens it is, the more you will have lighting on the fields and devices, which is typically more desireable. Of course it's your photo and what looks good to you might be different to what other folks like. Here's a similar brass coin shot with two lights up high: [img]http://go-fast.org/FrenchCoins/?display&name=images/France%201931%201f%20Morlon[/img][/QUOTE]
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