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Job's Modelling

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I couple of weeks ago I was surfing on the internet searching for another possible lighting solution for my diorama’s. I left the website I was looking at in front of my computer, while I went to go for a shower.

When I came back there was I new massage in my Outlook. This was an order confirmation for the light I was looking at. My wife had just ordered them for my.

 

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I dismanteled the lighting above Northall Dock to see the possibilities of this set.

First I made a new lighting frame the way I read in the chapter about Shadow Boxes in How to build a diorama.

I create a piece of cart in a 45 degree angle on the lid of the APA-box. On the cart I could fix the led strip, that had double sided tape. The rest of the lighting is outside the box on top of the lid.

On the underside of lid I glued glossy white paper for reflecting the light.

 

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And now just some picture of the diorama in different lights. All pictures are made with the same camera settings. What is your favourite?

 

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I left away some terrible green and red pictures. And this is just a limited selections of the possibilities I have. For the pictures I just changed the colours and didn’t brighten or dim the lights.

 

I think I finally found the solution for my general lighting problem. Do you agree with me?

 

Regards,

Job

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Buckjumper

The last one by a long shot; it gives the impression of a late-autumn afternoon with a warm, low sun which I find very appealing.

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cromptonnut

So you can change the colour tints of each colour in the lighting?  I like that idea.

 

Care to share a link for the lighting rig please?

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Job's Modelling

Thanks every one for your reply.

 

In the link the internet shop where I bought the led set. They have several lengths. I used the 1 meter set, because a APA-box is just about 70 cm.

 

http://www.ledstripshop.nl/rgb-ledstrip-voordeelsets-sale-c-41.html 

 

Their website is in Dutch, but I;m sure they will give an answer to your questions if you use their contact page.

I haven't tried out all possibilities, but no. 6 will do for me now. 

I have already bought to other sets for my other APA-boxes.

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Mikkel
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Hi Job, very interesting as usual.

 

For me, no.1-3 has too many shadows, especially behind the white building.

I like no. 5 best, because the light is more even, but there is maybe a little too much shadow at the bottom of the Buildings?

No. 6 for me is a little too orange, although there seems to be slightly more light at the bottom?

 

The lighting is suprisingly cheap, considering there is a remote control etc.

 

(PS: The link isn't working but it's just some extra letters after the html that needs moving I think)

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Job's Modelling

The link again: http://www.ledstripshop.nl

 

open the upper line: RGB Ledstrip voordeelsets SALE!!

 

I tried it and the link works this way.

 

Thanks Mikkel,

 

I think that's always the problem with making photographs for this purpose.

But thanks for the critical way you looked at the pictures.

When I have finished the road and the front I will 'play' with the lights.

Maybe I have to brighten or dim it some more, and I haven't used all the possibilities I think.

But for general use it gives a lot of opportunities.

 

For making layout photographs I will use extra lights to get the result I like.

But on the photographic side there is a lot to learn for me.

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Mikkel
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Hi Job, I wonder if there is a chance of tilting the lights a little bit *down* so that there is more light at the bottom and a little bit less at the top/above the buildings? I'm saying this because right now in no 5 and 6 my eyes are distracted a bit away from the center of the scene to the top of the buildings, where there is more light?

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Job's Modelling

I think I have to do the lightning the way they do it in a shadowbox.

Just above  my viewing opening.

First of all I'm glad I found this lightning, So now I can go on experimenting to get it right.

Dimming down the light gives also a better general light and put the scene in a late evening atmosphere.

After I have finished the road I will make some new pictures and evaluate this project.

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