Some photos...

[NiceCupOfTea]

Spent a bit of time playing with my tripod trying to capture some arty shots of my horn.

Comments welcome.

Used a Canon S70, combination of apertures to get big/small depth of fields, combination of manual/auto/macro focusing.

Shrunk from 3072x2306 to 800x600 on Paint.NET. Sorry about the number of pics, but liked all of these!

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1308.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1310.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1311.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1322.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1323.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1328.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1330.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1334.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1335.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1337.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1342.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1342z.jpg[/pic]

[pic]http://www.helloleum.demon.co.uk/pub/photo/horn/IMG_1348x.jpg[/pic]

[agent006]

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[v15ben]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Spent a bit of time playing with my tripod trying to capture some arty shots of my horn.

Vixpy where are you

[NiceCupOfTea]

Weird. They are there but now I am having trouble accessing mt own webspace - thanks demon!

[alltorque]

excellent quality of image! Not keen on the reflections though in the top couple - bit difficult not to catch extraneous light though I guess due the the curved surface..

>> Edited by alltorque on Friday 26th August 16:12

[NiceCupOfTea]

alltorque said:

excellent quality of image! Not keen on the reflections though in the top couple - bit difficult not to catch extraneous light though I guess due the the curved surface.. >> Edited by alltorque on Friday 26th August 16:12

Cheers! Agreed about the reflections - It was just sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV, when I decided to have a crack, so the rest of the room is reflected as I didn't try to do anything about it. Tried to make a feature of it in the later ones (the fact that you can see me/tripod/camera reflected!)

[simpo two]

That's a great subject for b/w!

My favourite shot is:


Minor points: I think the b/g should be totally black as the cloth texture is distracting, and the images could be a little punchier (levels?).

[NiceCupOfTea]

Yes, it's a dark red chenille throw on the sofa, plain black would have been better.

How would you go about getting better contrasts? Post-production? Funnily enough there seems to be more contrast in some of the other shots.

[Chim Girl]

alltorque said:

Not keen on the reflections though in the top couple

That'll be the print from Ikea.

Great pics, I imagine getting the reflections right is going to take some time to plan.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Chim Girl said:

alltorque said: Not keen on the reflections though in the top couple That'll be the print from Ikea. Great pics, I imagine getting the reflections right is going to take some time to plan.

Nah, it's a print of a picture by Kandinsky, got it from a local art shop

[simpo two]

NiceCupOfTea said:

How would you go about getting better contrasts? Post-production?

Oh yes, that's where the secret lies. Check levels for starters and tweak to taste, eg get the blacks black and the whites white.

NiceCupOfTea said:

Funnily enough there seems to be more contrast in some of the other shots.

If they're all as shot, I suspect that's due to brighter light in some and/or more glinty bits.

Here you go - a bit of twiddling works wonders







>> Edited by simpo two on Friday 26th August 19:02

[406]

Oy John, you added a socket wrench to the bottom one!

[simpo two]

406 said:

Oy John, you added a socket wrench to the bottom one!

Image > Tools > Select > Socket wrench

>> Edited by simpo two on Friday 26th August 20:51

[LongQ]

simpo two said:

. Here you go - a bit of twiddling works wonders

Ah ha! That's where the 'grey' background is better than black would be imho. The texture would also work but the way it sort of gives the impression of curving up to the top left is a little distracting.

Still, nothing a new sofa wouldn't fix ...