Nikon Shooter wrote: I don't see that softer diffusion should be a concern to drive
any effort from you but avoiding the luminance flatness as in
this shot — chrominance is not affected so much. By means
of a smaller diffuser, the eyes would have less white reflected
in them and that would bring back more luminance variation
in the shot for less flatness.
Possibly, a less bright BG would be a plus in any approach.
What was the used aperture for this take?
garyrhook wrote: Chrominance and luminance generally refer to video systems, and describe a color model that separates color from light. You can google the terms and read up on them. Here's one on noise: www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/image-noise-2.htm
Based on the histogram of the image, you could increase contrast and clarity to sharpen things up. Looks to me like the light in your reference image is less diffuse? The shape of the modifier is critical in controlling how the light falls on that spider? The light is certainly interesting, and clearly a challenge awaits you.
I think white is just fine for documentation, and I like the detail in its little face.
Nikon Shooter wrote: — Too small of a diffuser, or too far, and it will create a hot spot and will blow highlights very easily.
True but it is not an absolute law; it is one the may applyto some shielded and shiny exosquellet, which spiders arenot concerned with.
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