Blue and the Grey

[SAR]

#003 Hornet Dagger

CPM 154 CM Shop heat treat rockwell 60
.250"X10" oal with a 4 3/4" blade that is 1 1/2" wide
Grey G-10 over Blue G-10 textured
Machine satin finish

Thanks
spencer

 

[Kevin Jones]

Wicked Man. Like them :thumbup:

Your photos are getting better with each one.

 

[SAR]

Wicked Man. Like them :thumbup:

Your photos are getting better with each one.

Thanks Kevin, I just purchased a Nikon D-40 with the kit lens for now and did some work on my light box.

Appreciate the comment because I thought they kinda sucked its that whole dam lighting thing and this knife has proved to be a difficult subject.

spencer

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Another fantastic looking knife, and excellent photography.

 

[T.K.C.]

That is cool and awesome as ever!!

 

[commodorewheeler]

That is one mean-looking piece! Great work, Spencer!

 

[Joss]

Thanks Kevin, I just purchased a Nikon D-40 with the kit lens for now and did some work on my light box.

Good pics. I would recommend a narrower aperture to get more depth of field. This probably will a longer exposure and maybe a tripod (unless you use strobes or take the pics outside).

 

[SAR]

Good pics. I would recommend a narrower aperture to get more depth of field. This probably will a longer exposure and maybe a tripod (unless you use strobes or take the pics outside).

I will certainly give it a try, still reading thru the manual when I have time and reading "photography for really hardheaded people"

Spencer

 

[Joss]

I will certainly give it a try, still reading thru the manual when I have time and reading "photography for really hardheaded people"

Spencer

The key thing is to understand aperture, exposure time, and ISO, and what are the tradeoffs between those. Aperture is the least intuitive - in short:

High apertures (f/1.0 to, say, f/5.6): lots of light hits the lens and therefore the picture can be taken with a faster speed (less risk of mothion blur) and low ISO setting (less risk of "grain" on the picture). Tradeoff: very narrow zone where the picture is sharp, background and foreground are blurry. Your 3rd picture shows that effect.

Low apertures (say f/11 to f/32+): very narrow opening, and small amount of light hits the sensor, and therefore needs longer exposure (higher risk of motion blur) and / or higher ISO setting (shows a more grainy picture). Tradeoff: the picture is sharp from front to back.

Lenses are generally slightly less sharp at very high or very low apertures, with their "sweet spot" being generally around f/8, which is middle of the ground.

 

[Snody]

That grey G10 is really nice!!

Great work!!

 

[GigOne]

Something about daggers that get the heart racing. Dig your interpretation !