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Jewellery techniques.
AuraTodd The lighting on the two examples above is a good starting point. However, you could try out different backgrounds, such as using perspex or reflective materials. You could focus stack your images to ensure sharpness of objects from front to back, so that the depth of field in relation t...
Posted by Fletcher8 on 09/02/2014 - 14:00
Jewellery techniques.
Thanks for your comment, I tried doing some more which I'll put on here. Had a bad day today, did a necklace which got tangled round another one. I have to fork out money for a new chain now which is a bit upsetting as I don't have the money yet. Trying to save up for a holiday which is a bit...
Posted by AuraTodd on 09/02/2014 - 18:06
Jewellery techniques.
These are great - excellent sharp focusing and depth of field effect. I'd agree with Fletcher8 above about a different background - something without a texture or pattern would be better. Also, whilst the exposures are good, there's quite a bit of reflective glare on the shiny parts which prevent th...
Posted by McGregNi on 09/02/2014 - 20:48
Jewellery techniques.
Get beside a window, put the camera on a tripod. Get some white card for use as reflectors for additional light. Set up in AV mode set the aperture to f11. Set the ISO to whatever the base ISO is on your model (either 100 or 125). Focus about a third of the way in. Activate the shutter using the ...
Posted by Blythman on 09/02/2014 - 21:07
Jewellery techniques.
The cloth you are using is fine it just needs to be draped over something else to lift it a bit. Try attaching the cloth to a bit of old cardboard box. You can make any shape you want and then cover it with the cloth using pins to hold it in place. The same cloth can be used over and over again and ...
Posted by doingthebobs on 10/02/2014 - 12:09
Things found out in the park and seafront
Went for a walk sunday and found these along Bournemouth beach, so i carted them back and took a few shots. The pebble I colour enhanced, as it's original colour was a boring brown. Please tell me what you think? Why buy in shops when you can find items dotted around?
Posted by AuraTodd on 10/02/2014 - 10:50
Things found out in the park and seafront
I like the lighting and rich colours of the cone - might have tried a square format with it. Not keen on the pebbles My favourite is the feather. I think patterns are great. Was it not possible to include all of the quill and maybe trim the down back
Posted by bforbes on 10/02/2014 - 11:11
Things found out in the park and seafront
I like the lighting and rich colours of the cone - might have tried a square format with it. Not keen on the pebbles My favourite is the feather. I think patterns are great. Was it not possible to include all of the quill and maybe trim the down back Yeah I could have given the feather a hair...
Posted by AuraTodd on 10/02/2014 - 19:32
What Reason Makes You Choose Pentax?
When about 14 my brother gave me an old M42 thread Praktika with a Helios lens, he later gave me an M42 F1.4 50mm Pentax Takumar. I realised the quality of the lens and have stuck with Pentax since. That 50mm was one of the best lens I've ever owned. Used with Kodakchrome 64 it captured amazing ...
Posted by RussV on 11/02/2014 - 10:15
What Reason Makes You Choose Pentax?
My latest DSLR is a S/H Pentax K5, I started with DSLRs with a Nikon D70 I then had a D100 and D200 before buying a D3 which I didn't like so jumped ship to Canon and got a 5D before getting a 5DMk2 and a 1DSMk3. After reverting back to film I sold my DSLRs and Lenses and invested in a pair of LXs (...
Posted by EdBray on 12/02/2014 - 18:51
What Reason Makes You Choose Pentax?
When about 14 my brother gave me an old M42 thread Praktika with a Helios lens, he later gave me an M42 F1.4 50mm Pentax Takumar. I realised the quality of the lens and have stuck with Pentax since. That 50mm was one of the best lens I've ever owned. Used with Kodakchrome 64 it captured amazing ...
Posted by claystevens on 14/02/2014 - 03:29
New sales outlet
Wow...that's quite a significant development. It will be very useful for those of us 'Up North' to have somewhere to handle the kit and the fact that they are offering the 2 yr warranty means they will definitely take sales volume from the bigger Pentax online stores. If I was someone like SRS t...
Posted by 1stEverPentax on 11/02/2014 - 23:31
Lenses.....
Since I've come back into the (D)SLR fold after a good number of years away (25) two things seem to me to stand out, Firstly the cost of the glass, ie lenses, surprises me, I think lenses now appear to be much more expensive in real terms than they were. Secondly, I appears to me that all of the...
Posted by andy_bell on 14/02/2014 - 13:13
Lenses.....
I don't think it has actually changed that much. Lenses have always been to some extent 'outsourced' by manufacturers and I think Vivitar who were once the biggest name in third party lenses didn't actually manufacture anything but outsourced their production to essentially whoever would make a par...
Posted by gwing on 14/02/2014 - 13:44
Lenses.....
Since I've come back into the (D)SLR fold after a good number of years away (25) two things seem to me to stand out, Firstly the cost of the glass, ie lenses, surprises me, I think lenses now appear to be much more expensive in real terms than they were. Secondly, I appears to me that all of the...
Posted by Smeggypants on 14/02/2014 - 14:56
The Wrong Camera?
I know it's been said a thousand times on here before, but it happened to me yesterday for the first time, Yesterday afternoon there was a break in the weather so me, my wife and kids went a walk across the fields with some friends of ours, Well I was all excited to show off my new K3, my friend ...
Posted by MattyH on 20/02/2014 - 09:16
google search
here's one of my pics I took in Abu Dhabi Souk in 1986. Cheeky sods have even put a watermark on it. http://www.desertsafariabudhabitour.com/old-souk-abu-dhabi/ I won't be bothering to pursue the infringement. Life's too short. That does take the biscuit - if 'twere me I might perhaps i...
Posted by gwing on 20/02/2014 - 14:59
google search
here's one of my pics I took in Abu Dhabi Souk in 1986. Cheeky sods have even put a watermark on it. http://www.desertsafariabudhabitour.com/old-souk-abu-dhabi/ I won't be bothering to pursue the infringement. Life's too short. That does take the biscuit - if 'twere me I might perhaps i...
Posted by Smeggypants on 20/02/2014 - 20:22
Orkney
Try again.... Steep, I reckon you are probably right, unless the A9 is really busy...about 2 1/2 hours... The ferry from Scrabster actually sails around Hoy so if the weather is good you can get some really nice pictures.. Also worth a trip is the Old Poultney distillery in Wick Link: http...
Posted by andy_bell on 25/02/2014 - 08:34
