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A lot of the colours are out of gamut of the sRGB colourspace (to which I converted this small version of the photo) and most monitors. If you have any desire to see the rest of this shoot in prints or in a form more true to the original on an NEC 2690WUXi please schedule a time to drop by my studio. The image you see here is uncropped and unedited outside of Capture One Pro.

An environment view of the lab. Photo shows the placement of Light A, a Calumet Illuma Small (Plume Wafer 75 dimensions and similar design), 40degree Lighttools Soft Egg Crate, Bowens Quad head affecting the subject and a very small area around her as controlled by the Soft Egg Create, and Light B, a Bowens Quad head w/ 7" Bowens grid reflector and Balcar 40degree spot grid and Bowens standard 4-way barn doors, both driven by a Quad X 3000 pack.

Leanna and the bunny. =) To the left of the cart is Light C, a Bowens Quad head w/ the Bowens 15" Opallite reflector with a centre grid diffuser . . . this diffuser allows the attachment of a standard 7" grid spot to allow the photographer to mix soft and hard light from the same light source . . . light cast to illuminate items on top and bottom shelf of card. Using the grid diffuser allowed a more characteristic edge of the illuminated area on the side of the lab bench which is visible through the legs of the cart. Head driven by a second Bowens QuadX 3000 power pack.

I placed Light D behind the shelf partially shoot through towards the camera and slightly upwards so that light passing through the gaps in the shelf would create beams of light through the fog produced by the fog generator. This is the final Quad head, controlled by Bowens 4-way barndoors and a 40degree spot grid. This head was also driven by the second Bowens QuadX 3000 power pack.

Photo shows the placement of Light B along with the first QuadX 3000 pack, industrial paint dryer, and a "low" volume fog generator. Fog generator purchased from Production Lighting for under $300 if I recall correctly. When illuminated, each pocket of fog behaves like it's own light source.

A view of the shooting setup. Rollei 6008 AF with Schneider AF Xenotar 80/2.8 HFT PQS (1/1000s flash sync), Phase One P20 16bit medium format digital back, Pocket Wizard Multimax on a Manfrotto 055Pro w/ 329RC4 head tethered via Firewire to a three year old Fujitsu Lifebook with only 512megs of RAM running Phase One Capture One Pro - the most efficient RAW workflow software I have ever used. After this shoot I reconsidered my plan to sell this tripod and head as the three-axis head allowed me to systematically fine tune the composure much better than a ball head would have especially considering how large and heavy this camera is.