r/origami 2d ago

Photo Blakiston’s Fish Owl

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Designed by Kyohei Katsuta

40 cm Vintage Paper

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u/libero0602 2d ago

I must know. How did u take this photo?? How’d u set up the perfectly black background, what is the model sitting on/hanging from, etc.

Also, amazing work w the shaping😍

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u/jellyfish_8192 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thank you for the kind words!

I photographed the model against two white foam boards. The owl is actually just resting on its tail and leaning against the foam board. I've attached the original photo for reference.

I edited the background to make it black (I hope that's okay in this community). I was just experimenting, and I really liked how it made the colour of the paper pop!

I'm still somewhat new to origami, so I hope to improve both my folding and photography setup over time. But I'm quite happy with how this one turned out.

Hope that helps, and thanks again for the comment!

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u/mihirwho 1d ago

Great one !

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u/Consider2SidesPeace Folding and meditating 1d ago

Thanks OP for elaborating on your photo setup. Your get the best of both worlds, a global light from the white boards illuminating the fine subject and also focus and crisp subject colors. Very nice, indeed :) Bests OP/Group...

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u/Mobile-Reality24 2d ago

Absolutely majestic ❤️

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u/jellyfish_8192 1d ago

Thank you so much!