Just a Picture:

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... All told, I'd of course rather the knife look (even) better in person than in pictures than t'other way around(!), but it is admittedly frustrating that I can seldom make the camera 'see' what I do(!). Even when the knife is spot-on through the viewfinder/screen, the final picture almost always shows something different. I've never run into anything quite like this before!

It's not just that I don't prefer purple knives (ahem), it's that the handles on this 'falcen have a subtle beauty I can seldom convey, shimmer and shade and depth in a delicate BLUE. The whole handle 'moves' in the light....

I have the best success in lower-light settings and weird angles.

Sometimes this works for pictures of this knife, too.







~ P.

 

Thanks! It's a favorite, for sure. I'll be sad when it dies.

Sorta? The left image is too saturated, and not the right hue. The image on the left is actually decent, especially right behind the rear pins. The pictures I posted just previously are all decent representations, really.

Here's a quick lower-light, non-edited picture from work today that is very accurate-- save for the slightly purple darker areas at bolster and butt rear.


(Fantastic grain....)

Success!


And then this happens, the washed-out and/or purple thing:

My work here is done.

What a great-looking weehunk! Congrats.

~ P.

 

The wood is massively chatoyant! Maple.

You're right, everything else in my pictures maintains its look, images consistent with what the eye sees.

With this knife, the purple so evident in the images does not appear to the naked eye. It's not a matter of "turn it this way and that to see the purple, I guess the camera is catching the 'that', but something else at work having to do not only how light interacts woth the wood, but how a lens captures color otherwise not visible.

Were there no internets and Sharing, this would not even be a deal(!).

The knife is fantastic, the wood handles a myriad of chattering blue hues shot through with yellow, with the 'ribbing' seeing at each piece's edges.



I shall endeavor to not belabor my photographic frustrations going forward, but simply enjoy the ride. And the gibes, betimes.

~ P.

 

Just A Picture:

@Warrior108's Monarch and Lil Lady, respectively, from their recent sojourn here:





~ P.