i can see some harsh reflection on the motor, not hi contrast enuf for this kind of setup thoug, anyway, modify further, why not show us the setup itself?

judging from the output, ur flash is not diffused properly and covering everypart.

I marked (green circle) one of your photo on hot-spots. its there coz u shine direct from top, u can try move the a lil bit by lil away from the 'card board' to see the differ type of result, moving away gave u less-harsh lighting.

the othe easier way is go to buy the cube laundry bag, then use some hard colored card (u can pick the color u like as 'changeable' background), this work best also.

For this kind of 'set up' shot, u need hi contrast, hi sharpness, best/deepest DOF u can have. from the sample shot above, the DOF is slightly not enuf, the wheel is not sharp enuf. for example check out the shot below which I took earlier for Canon.



this one is using a single flash (SB800), D70's kit (18-70DX), the table lamp diffused by the laundry bag. and white manila card...

This post has been edited by Maniac: Nov 5 2006, 09:52 PM

generally not bad, but try more interesting angle and try not to include too many into one, if u insist, group most of them, and make one outstanding. some of the photo has a harsh bright reflective, these are the tough part loh.. i also headache sometime exspeciilly plastic/metal.


be patient, my friend, anger leads to the dark side hehehe

This post has been edited by Maniac: Nov 5 2006, 10:10 PM

we prefer something faster, dark side lead to darkness, go get a new nikon hahah