still life table

[kerri]

Hi-

my boyfriend made a still life table out of flexi-glass for me. We saw
one in a lighting store and determined that he could easily make one
for me for 1/4 of the price at least.

He finished the table yesterday and I tested it last night. I had
trouble getting rid of the reflection of the item I was photographing.
The reflection was directly below the item. I tried moving the
lighting, but that didn't seem to help much.

Is the reflection there because the flexi-glass is too glossy, or is
my lighting not strong enough (I'm using two 3200k incadescent bulbs
with an 80a filter on my camera)? I also read that when using a table
of this sort, the item needs to be a few inches above the bottom of
the table. If that's the case, what would be the best way to do that?

I would just use seamless paper, but he put alot of work into this and
I'd like to use it.

Thanks in advance for your advice-

Kerri

[Hank Scorpio]

Just to confirm, do you mean plexi-glass by flexi-glass? Or is flexi-glass
another product altogether?

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[Robert S Ely]

Kerri,
Because of the Plexi's surface. Try a Polarizing filter.
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[kerri]

I think flexi-glass is the brand name for the plexi-glass cause that's
what it is.

I was looking around the web and it seems that shining a light
underneath the table would help. I was using a polarizing filter, but
that didn't get rid of the refletion entirely.

thanks!

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