I got my lightbox together, check out the pics.

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I got my lightbox together. I realized real quick I need to use a different bulb, this one is not bright enough, and it is too yellow. Trying to go with the rustic backdrop does not help much. I took one with the light 12" away from the diffuser, about 24" from the knife, and another with the light closer. Figured out getting the light closer did not make things better. BTW the cartridges in the photos are 375 Rem Ultra Mags.

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If your camera is digital and no processing costs take rhe same series of photos with a blue back ground a red and a grey for a start then evry other colour you can think of. The digital light meter in the camera will get confused with different colour back grounds and show different colour knife.

The trick is to find the colour which will show the correct colour.

Now I know I have not explained this well I just know it works. Some back grounds will show the true colour of the knife some will not. There are probably other factors but it is a start.A real photographer would be able to explain it better. I have a message from a photographer that I can not find at the moment..

edit; Nice knife by the way
 
Adding to the above, try using a muted background, gray, soft pastel etc.
If you then lay a bright color with a sharply defined edge, maybe a third of the way into this bacground it helps the digital camera to focus and somehow
brings the true color of the item being photographed out

Digitals are strange in this way. Play around with the color schemes.

There is no substitute for natural light.

Fred
 
Knife pics are TOUGH!!!!! I spent three days and two sets of batteries to get a couple of 'fair' pics! Like mentioned above,keep trying different colors,angles and distances. My camera's a cheapy and won't take a sharp close pic.Just keep playing, see what you can come up with.Good luck!
 
I'm having a few problems with pics myself. Does anyone know of a website or tutorial for making a light box or just some good tips? Of course, before I can try anything I need to get of the tongue-print my dog left on the lens:grumpy:
 
I have another background that is white with red figures on it. Guess before I use that I have to get the basics down, like using a single color background. I just had visions of these kick butt pictures with these backgrounds that were pretty... um, pretty. I can raid the pillowcases for random backdrops more or less for a starting point. I just have to figure out how to bring out the mirror finish of the blade. I got all those goodies to spiff up the pic, but the highlights of the knife are missing! Time for experimentation.
 
ND, do a search for "$75 lightbox", thats where I got my motivation. Mine was actually less than $75, I did not use 3 lights or PVC. But I got the posterboard, backdrop fabric, and white trash bags for diffuser @ Wal Mart. Got the 300w rated clamp on fixture @ Depot.
 
The color balance is off ,check to see if your camera has different settings ,sunlight , flourescent etc. The background is too fussy and distracts from the knife. Background colors should complement or contrast the knife colors so the knife stands out more.
 
I made one of Jim Coopers $75 light boxes. It calls for daylight flourecent bulbs otherwise the dredded yellow shows up. Mine worked great until the cheap a$$ Home depot bulbs all burned out.
 
That's the thing Bruce, I did not buy the daylight flouro's!! That's where I went astray. I just got the plain jane flood light bulb. I need to get those. Good call. Need more of a white light instead of a yellow or "soft" white. Need to play around with the settings of the camera more too.
 
Gixxer,
I can't offer any info on pics cuz mine flat out suck but if you need any reloading info on your 375 ultra mag I would be more than happy to help. I am a reloading nut and this is the cartridge I chose for my cape buffalo hunt last August in Tanzania. A real A$$ kicker:thumbup: :thumbup:
Matt Doyle
 
mdoyle said:
Gixxer,
I can't offer any info on pics cuz mine flat out suck but if you need any reloading info on your 375 ultra mag I would be more than happy to help. I am a reloading nut and this is the cartridge I chose for my cape buffalo hunt last August in Tanzania. A real A$$ kicker:thumbup: :thumbup:
Matt Doyle
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Is the .375 Ultra Mag a bit of overkill for a .375? Seems to me that the H & H is the perfect solution for that caliber if handloaded to modern pressures instead of 1912 ones and the modded full length Jeffrey case would be better for some .40 caliber like Dakota did with their .416 and .404. They went with the standard 30-06 lenght case for their .375, which as I recall, gave you slightly hotter H & H performance levels. I have read that the 375 UM can be a ruthless recoiler along the lines of the old .378 Weatherby
 
Try using your lightbox outside. Incandescent and halogen bulbs turn things yellow, flourescent isn't too hot either.

Find some nice, indirect, natural sunlight (cloudy day is OK) and use bracketing (of course).
 
if your using digital there should be a custom white balance buton that allows you to cycle through diffrent light enviroments some of the better ones even have a custom function where you take a picture of a white piece of paper and the camera automaticaly sets the color settings for you. if you are using film your devolpers may be able to color correct for you. if i can help hit me up.
peace
doc silas
 
Joe,
Actually the 375Um is considerably more effecient than the old 378wby when you compare powder capacity to converted velocity. Much less powder to attain the same velocity. Moreover the 375 is doing the same speed @ 300yds that the H&H is doing out of the muzzle! Albeit with considerably more recoil. App 93ftlbs in my rifle with my loads. Not pleasant but not unbearable with practice. Plus with a good answer products brake and mercury suppressor not bad at all.
Matt
 
Please make a few changes to your set up, then take new photos so that we can see if we are all going in the right direction with the advice so far given......
 
maybe this is alittle closer to real life color but im not sure eveyones monitor is different
 

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Joe,
Actually the 375Um is considerably more effecient than the old 378wby when you compare powder capacity to converted velocity. Much less powder to attain the same velocity. Moreover the 375 is doing the same speed @ 300yds that the H&H is doing out of the muzzle! Albeit with considerably more recoil. App 93ftlbs in my rifle with my loads. Not pleasant but not unbearable with practice. Plus with a good answer products brake and mercury suppressor not bad at all.
Matt
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Well, if I were to do it again, I would get a 375 WBY. you can shoot H&H ammo in a pinch with no ill effects. The 378 is a waste of powder IMO. Even the 460 WBY is overkill. It has been proven that mono solid bullets lose penetration above 2400fps The RUM does have a fairly sharp recoil impulse, not a shove to the shoulder, more like a punch. The gun was an impulse buy, I did no research before buying it. Overkill? Those are my DEER loads!!!! I am building a .475 based on a slightly shortened and blown out RUM case. Cant wait to hunt deer with that one too!!!

Anyhow, I am going to play with the camera settings and post more pics later on today or tomorrow. I am going to try a light blue or white background along with camera changes. My cam does have a manual mode, I had to play with the iris settings to let in more light. my first pics were real dark. I need to look to see if the cam has that function where you take a pic of a sheet of paper, that would be so easy. Thanks for the suggestions guys.
 
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