Delightfull Clark lamp

Rich O Brien

What's going on in that filament?

You know why I need to know...

It's great BTW

olishea

The master at work.

Beautiful convincing DOF, the subject lends itself well to the effect.

massimo

Thanks guys.
@John: no it's designed and produced by a Portuguese company;
@Rich: the filament is a tube with a fluorescent 65W warm Thea's emitter mat applied on it. Rendered with TR2 SS-->high. In the darkroom I've applied at the end a radial glare with weight=1% and radius=2%. The bulb has thickness and is a thin glass. That's all I believe;

@Oli:
@unknownuser said:

the subject lends itself well to the effect
indeed, almost a natural DOF.

chedda

Excellent image & modelling.

massimo

Thank you.

tinanne

Great job! Love the DOF.

massimo

Thanks Tina.

tadema

Brilliant

Hieru

Can't really add much more. Great choice of subject and perfect materials and lighting.

Did you use HDRI for lighting, or did you throw in some emitters?

massimo

Thanks Tadema & David.
David, I've used a HDRI by Debevec called "Ennis Brown" which suits quite well for this kind of subjects/materials. Anyway emitting planes are also very good for this kind of scene since you can have more control. Then I've placed the lamp in the screen you see in the picture below quite near to the wall since I wanted to see some light projected on the wall in the centre of the image.

Finally I'm glad you like the mats: the plated brass is made with a stacked brass&gold nk mats using a grey map with stains in weights in order to have a subtle transition between the two metals in some parts.

elmer

Great work....as usual

Hieru

Ah, the ever reliable Ennis scene

Sounds like a good use of materials.....I just knew you had done something interesting in the mix

massimo

Thanks for the kind words Elmer.

Bryan K

Wow!

massimo

Thank you Bryan.