Saturday, 9 March 2019

Mats Jonasson Crystal Sculpture: Hummingbird

Cathy got this lovely Mats Jonasson crystal sculpture of a hummingbird for her wedding anniversary.

These crystal sculptures are fun to photograph. You can play around with lighting angles and colors to get completely different effects.






Mats Jonasson crystal sculptures are reverse-carved. The image is recessed at the back, and normally viewed through the glass. With soft lighting and a light background the image is a bit hard to see, but...

With somewhat narrower lights and a dark background it really pops.

In the photo at the top of this article, the sculpture is sitting on a colored gel, and I' holding it up at the back to get a seamless background. In the second picture, I have a gel over a spotlight under my translucent shooting table, and a different colored gel over a wider light, behind the backdrop portion of the table.




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