First ever CMON piccy!! 63336
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Valander
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Looking pretty good; left a comment.
As I said there, it looks like the biggest issue you have is dealing with photography. This is an unruly beast, and takes almost as much practice as painting does!
It looks like you used a flash. I\'d strongly suggest against that. You\'ll get much better results if you have two lights (I use two 15w halogens, which are the equivalent of 100w incadescents, but a little \"clearer\") on either side of the mini, just behind my camera. This helps cut down shadows. Also, you may need to play with the exposure time and/or white balance on the camera. There\'re tons of good articles on taking pictures in the article section (they certainly helped me; now if I could only get a good camera... )
Nice work overall, though, and glad to finally see something from ya! :flip:
As I said there, it looks like the biggest issue you have is dealing with photography. This is an unruly beast, and takes almost as much practice as painting does!
It looks like you used a flash. I\'d strongly suggest against that. You\'ll get much better results if you have two lights (I use two 15w halogens, which are the equivalent of 100w incadescents, but a little \"clearer\") on either side of the mini, just behind my camera. This helps cut down shadows. Also, you may need to play with the exposure time and/or white balance on the camera. There\'re tons of good articles on taking pictures in the article section (they certainly helped me; now if I could only get a good camera...
)Nice work overall, though, and glad to finally see something from ya! :flip:
Sh1t!
If that\'s you first...I can\'t wait to see your twenty first....
Good stuff...keep posting.
By the way...I think your mini is better than your photography. A good photograph can make a crap mini look good, and conversely, a good mini look crap....It\'s worth practising in order to be able to squeeze out every point available...
If that\'s you first...I can\'t wait to see your twenty first....
Good stuff...keep posting.
By the way...I think your mini is better than your photography. A good photograph can make a crap mini look good, and conversely, a good mini look crap....It\'s worth practising in order to be able to squeeze out every point available...
me likey!
The gold looks stellar! The choice of colors and how everything compliments each other is the best part. Great smooth painting.
My only complaint, (and a small one at that) is that the face seems overly pinkish. Maybe that is just my monitor or the photo....
I hope losing your CMON virginity was memorable. Not like my awkward fumbling in the back seat of my computer room, only to have it post too quickly.....ok I have taken this metaphor about as far as I can/need/want...lol
The gold looks stellar! The choice of colors and how everything compliments each other is the best part. Great smooth painting.
My only complaint, (and a small one at that) is that the face seems overly pinkish. Maybe that is just my monitor or the photo....
I hope losing your CMON virginity was memorable. Not like my awkward fumbling in the back seat of my computer room, only to have it post too quickly.....ok I have taken this metaphor about as far as I can/need/want...lol
airhead
Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Like it.
Pointers:
It looks like you have one lamp? 2 would allow you to difuse the shadows.
Close the aperature (higher f-stop number) leaves the camera open longer, need a tripod. This will increase your depth of field and allow you to get all of him in focus.
shoot your pictures lower, more on his eye level. Not always, but it looks like it would help here. It would help show what he is holding.
Your painting looks very good. The browns are well executed as is the NMM gold. the shoulder pads may need a bit more definition (darker dark?)
keep painting.
Pointers:
It looks like you have one lamp? 2 would allow you to difuse the shadows.
Close the aperature (higher f-stop number) leaves the camera open longer, need a tripod. This will increase your depth of field and allow you to get all of him in focus.
shoot your pictures lower, more on his eye level. Not always, but it looks like it would help here. It would help show what he is holding.
Your painting looks very good. The browns are well executed as is the NMM gold. the shoulder pads may need a bit more definition (darker dark?)
keep painting.
Spacemunkie
New member
The mini looks like a quality piece of work, but the photo is letting it down. I have recently taken expert advice on the matter of mini photography (my dad\'s!), as I was going to invest a lot of money in a macro flash set up, using two or three flashes. The following are the results my father sent me from his \'experiments\' with cheap, simple ways to get good macro photos.
This shows a macro \'tent\' made purely of tracing paper. It diffuses the light from your flash, and helps to reflect the ambient light back onto the subject. You can see that NO TRIPOD has been used, the camera being sat on the desktop, and the following photo was taken using the solitary, onboard flash from the camera (the flash from above was not used in this example of some old minis found under my bed back at my parents!).
As you can see, the results, if not my old minis, are very satisfactory, and you only need a few pieces of tracing paper! I can now spend the money I\'ve saved on more minis........
This shows a macro \'tent\' made purely of tracing paper. It diffuses the light from your flash, and helps to reflect the ambient light back onto the subject. You can see that NO TRIPOD has been used, the camera being sat on the desktop, and the following photo was taken using the solitary, onboard flash from the camera (the flash from above was not used in this example of some old minis found under my bed back at my parents!).
As you can see, the results, if not my old minis, are very satisfactory, and you only need a few pieces of tracing paper! I can now spend the money I\'ve saved on more minis........
Spacemunkie
New member
Nope, purely the lighting in the room and the onboard flash from his EOS 10D (lucky bastard...)
Great mini
I think your main weakness is in your photography. Airhead and Spacemunkie have covered just abpout everything, but you also might want a look at these:
How to make a tent.....
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/19002.html
http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/jewelryphoto.htm
Or you could buy one, but that defeats the object somewhat:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/greenbatteries-store/eztabtopligt.html
http://www.karlu.com/studio_cubelites.htm
http://www.plumeltd.com/cocoon.htm
The original thread was here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=4995
I think your main weakness is in your photography. Airhead and Spacemunkie have covered just abpout everything, but you also might want a look at these:
How to make a tent.....
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/19002.html
http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/jewelryphoto.htm
Or you could buy one, but that defeats the object somewhat:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/greenbatteries-store/eztabtopligt.html
http://www.karlu.com/studio_cubelites.htm
http://www.plumeltd.com/cocoon.htm
The original thread was here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=4995
No Such Agency
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I gave it an 8 because the quality shows through the bad photo. That\'s always a tough judgment but it\'s a lot easier to make with bad lighting than with an out-of-focus pic. Like... is that blend really smooth, or just blurry?
Spacemunkie
New member
Good articles Finn, I\'m building one at the mo. Cheers yet again....
Spacemunkie
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That\'s my old man. I\'m only really half spacemunkie.....
wiccanpony
Official Freak Bar Witch
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