After trying unsuccessfully to come up with inspiration for three days, I was about ready to forget about this challenge. I turned to my wife to bemoan my lack of inspiration and then I saw the bonsai tree on her desk.
"Do you mind if I borrow that?" quickly followed. Half an hour later, this is the result.
Not super happy with this as the edge of the glass table is a little too clear for my liking. Basic editing rules mean I can't do anything about it.
Lighting was 3 monolights, one on the background (blue backdrop), one behind the subject with a honeycomb and blue gel, and a small softbox for the key light.
I'll be happy enough if this gets anywhere near 6.
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Beautiful photo of an otherwise horrible bonsai, please don't take offense.
I'm puzzled on how you got so much better at bonsai photography than bonsai itself.
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