Rob7274
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Post by Rob7274 on Sept 10, 2010 13:05:04 GMT -5
Great picture's.
I have not got Jake yet (getting him next week) so it was nice to get an early close look.
I will leave the answering of you questions to someone in the know how...
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Post by Bandalero on Sept 10, 2010 13:52:57 GMT -5
Great photos! I am in the process of building my light tent. I picked up a work light w/ clamp and a 100w bulb today. I am primarily using my tent for photographing food. However, here are figure comparison pics using a box lined with white printer paper. Any suggestions on bulbs? Also, I have the ability to tweak the AP and SS setting on my camera which I plan to do after some research. Nice up-close detailed shots. I'm no expert but what's worked for me are daylight halogen bulbs that I picked up at Home Depot - output at least 5000, I believe mine are 5500. It's a very bright, white light - not warm at all. I see some shadows in your shots which means that you might need more light in your tent. I've got two set up at each side and one above my tent and I still get a little shadow here and there. But I think that's what your WB or ISO settings are supposed to destroy (still reading up on that stuff). Hope that helps. |
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Post by squaredcircleactionfigs on Sept 10, 2010 14:53:09 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. Those pics were not taken in a light tent. The photos were taken in a shoe box lined with white printer paper to test the work light. As you can see from the photos, there was a drastic change from Flash to Work Light. The work light photos are less fuzzy and the shadows are almost completely dissipated.
I am in the process of constructing a 16" x 15" x 15" light tent. I hope all the shadows are gone once the tent is fully constructed if not I will heed your advice and add additional light/adjust my camera settings.
Lowes had two versions of daylight bulbs the energy saver version and as the long tubular ones. Can you tell me the brand you purchased? Thanks again
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Post by Bandalero on Sept 10, 2010 18:15:23 GMT -5
Lowes had two versions of daylight bulbs the energy saver version and as the long tubular ones. Can you tell me the brand you purchased? Thanks again Not sure about the brand but it was the engery saver version, definitely not the long tubular one. I bet these aren't even what professional photographers use, but they work well. |
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Post by Chip on Sept 11, 2010 10:53:39 GMT -5
all you light tent/light box guys have definitley inspired me.
it's time to create one of my own and start really reviewing these Mattels.
I need to get more out of this hobby than just buying and putting on a shelf. makes me feel like im getting more for my buck
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Rob7274
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Post by Rob7274 on Sept 11, 2010 15:57:38 GMT -5
all you light tent/light box guys have definitley inspired me. it's time to create one of my own and start really reviewing these Mattels. I need to get more out of this hobby than just buying and putting on a shelf. makes me feel like im getting more for my buck YES!!! We have been waiting for you. Get up the first review site with plenty of pics for WWE Mattels figures.  |
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Post by Bandalero on Sept 12, 2010 8:46:45 GMT -5
My camera is nothing big, you're regular digital camera released in 2008/09 but I got it earlier this year. It has some manual settings, but nothing like a SLR. I've been trying to figure out how AdamBomb gets those brilliant white backgrounds and I fooled around with the WB and ISO to no avail, until I discovered Exposure! Now it's a regular digital camera but check this out:  As an amature I'd automatically set it to +2 but this max exposure washes out some detail - especially if the figure has white parts. So I'm settling on +1.66 - the detail is maintained and the background is (close to) brilliant white like AdamBombs' I think: 
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