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Comment by aminstar posted on Digiscoping at 28/01/2012 - 19:25
Hi Jamie
I have learnt at my own expense that jewellery photography is one of the most difficults to master.
I was approached a few weeks ago by a big jewellery shop to do product photography and haven't stopped researching and tweaking stuff. There is so much to it and lighting is just one of the main things to control. But there are also lots of other aspects involved that makes it really hard but very fulfilling when you finally manage to get results after all the effort.
You certainly seem to be on the right track, those results seem very promising in my view, so do not be discouraged and keep perfecting your shots.
Amin
I have learnt at my own expense that jewellery photography is one of the most difficults to master.
I was approached a few weeks ago by a big jewellery shop to do product photography and haven't stopped researching and tweaking stuff. There is so much to it and lighting is just one of the main things to control. But there are also lots of other aspects involved that makes it really hard but very fulfilling when you finally manage to get results after all the effort.
You certainly seem to be on the right track, those results seem very promising in my view, so do not be discouraged and keep perfecting your shots.
Amin
Comment by aminstar posted on Some Help Required - Product (Jewellery) photography at 26/01/2012 - 16:52
myles wrote:
I think he's missing the decimal point.
f3.6 (3.5?) up to 100mm, f4.0 to 180mm and f4.5 for the rest sound much more likely in this context.
Myles
Venerable Myles need to do his homework , particularly when trying to correct someone who might have quite a bit of experience in the field I think he's missing the decimal point.
f3.6 (3.5?) up to 100mm, f4.0 to 180mm and f4.5 for the rest sound much more likely in this context.
Myles
The DA 18-250 mm f/3.5-6.3 has a minimum Aperture of 45
Comment by aminstar posted on ND filters explained for novices at 20/11/2011 - 09:34
pentaxian450 wrote:
like maybe 20 to 45 minutes after sunset, so you don't end up with a totally black sky in your pictures.
...that.. and also if clouds are forming around the sun from approximately 20 mins before it sets completely you will see nice hues forming, makes a wonderful landscape.like maybe 20 to 45 minutes after sunset, so you don't end up with a totally black sky in your pictures.
Don't forget to look towards East also as stunning colours are formed often and you can get great landscapes and colours of the sky from that end too
Comment by aminstar posted on Night scenes at 18/10/2011 - 17:21
Chris
I actually fiddled with micro adjustment quite recently and mine goes up to + and -20 and let me tell you, got so fed up that I ended up leaving it to 0 again. To begin with what seemed like off focus wasn't really much, and most probably was because of the angle etc. What took me to embark on this was because I had found a few shots with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens the focus which should have been spot on the eye but wasn't. One thing led me to another and I started fiddling with the micro adjustment. When I thought I had it settled at +10 I decided to close down the aperture and test again and very funny things started happening so I reset it to 0 again and tried with the aperture a few stops closed. It immediately left me thinking that the original focus was correct. I won't go into details about what was happening as it will be quite a tedious writing but sufice to see that I started seeing the DOF front and back amounts shifting so much that I realised that it was shifting off the normal parameters.
Having said that from your first images I can clearly see that yours do need a small nudge.
Good luck with it and hope you manage to sort it out.
I actually fiddled with micro adjustment quite recently and mine goes up to + and -20 and let me tell you, got so fed up that I ended up leaving it to 0 again. To begin with what seemed like off focus wasn't really much, and most probably was because of the angle etc. What took me to embark on this was because I had found a few shots with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens the focus which should have been spot on the eye but wasn't. One thing led me to another and I started fiddling with the micro adjustment. When I thought I had it settled at +10 I decided to close down the aperture and test again and very funny things started happening so I reset it to 0 again and tried with the aperture a few stops closed. It immediately left me thinking that the original focus was correct. I won't go into details about what was happening as it will be quite a tedious writing but sufice to see that I started seeing the DOF front and back amounts shifting so much that I realised that it was shifting off the normal parameters.
Having said that from your first images I can clearly see that yours do need a small nudge.
Good luck with it and hope you manage to sort it out.
Comment by aminstar posted on How much focus adjustment? at 17/10/2011 - 19:58
These images are absolutely stunning. I can't find a single point that I could pick on that would improve them in my view. Grrr jealous
Comment by aminstar posted on Another Sunday ( ... bird free) at 17/10/2011 - 14:53
The difference is really a little notch. What are the slider marks on the K5? It seems to me that you need to bring it to the 6mm Mark. If the marks go all the way to + and - 20 I would be tempted to go for 5 to start with
Comment by aminstar posted on How much focus adjustment? at 17/10/2011 - 14:12
What f/stop did you use Chris?
Comment by aminstar posted on How much focus adjustment? at 17/10/2011 - 14:01
Blythman wrote:
Geordie, processing aside, I wouldn't have put the teleconvertor on the Siggy 150-500. I'd have just pulled baxk to about 460mm, stepped down to f8 or f11 amd cropped the image.
You would have had a definitely better IQ without the TCGeordie, processing aside, I wouldn't have put the teleconvertor on the Siggy 150-500. I'd have just pulled baxk to about 460mm, stepped down to f8 or f11 amd cropped the image.
Comment by aminstar posted on Northumberland moon at 17/10/2011 - 10:57
The topic is "Moon shot" and taking better shots of it
Comment by aminstar posted on Northumberland moon at 16/10/2011 - 21:38
I think digiscoping is fine, but you'll get better results with a second hand telephoto lens.
used sigma 400 with the kr would beat the image quality of even the best scopes for about the same money.