In the Background

Backgrounds for macro shots taken indoors needed to be thought about.
For some subjects I like the idea of a single colour like the green used in my last post.
To that end I needed a small frame to which I could attach a coloured A4 sheet.

Looking through my goodie (read junk) pile I found some lengths of plastic box section.



As they were originally for a pole to support an LED garden lamp the only joiners were straight.
I needed right angle corner joints and some feet to stop the assembly from falling over.
Just the project for 3D printing.

Parts were designed in FreeCAD



and the designs process using Cura



to write the instructions for my 3D printer.



It took a few experimental prints before the final design worked as anticipated.



Box sections free standing



A couple of clamps hold an A4 sheet in place



I have a range of coloured sheets I bought about 20 years ago.
I might even get to use some of them now.
I can imagine the possibility of using white sheet with the lighting from behind to make macro silhouettes.
It might be possible to use backgrounds printed from old photographs.
Time to experiment.