So I took some pictures...

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Benchmade 580 Barrage limited edition.

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CRKT Ripple - First Production

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Benchmade 950 Rift

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Benchmade Pika II with crappy coating that I applied myself, thank you very much.

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I don't even like this knife but I needed to something to appease the Cold Steel fans.

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Spyderco Endura 4 FFG Damascus Sprint Run. My newest knife and arguably the most beautiful.

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Here's another one for you guys...

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Here is my baby, favorite knife of all time, Benchmade 806-1101 AFCK Limited Edition M390



Anyway, hope you like em. I'll post more sometime.
 
Well done! I really like the way you did the pic's in shadow. Even the beat up Pika looks good.
 
Very cool pics. I have a Barrage and mini Barrage and a H20 111 which has the same handle shape as the 950. I also have the small version of the CS Hold Out. It's a nice knife but I'm planning to sell that one.
 
The AFCK is my top 5 favorite of all time. It's beautiful and extremely functional, killer blade shape too.

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I like the pics but actually the lighting in some photos baffles me. Did you use graduated filter in front of the lens? Or applied one in Photoshop or Lightroom? Just curious, not trying to offend in any way...:confused:
 
Mika said:
I like the pics but actually the lighting in some photos baffles me. Did you use graduated filter in front of the lens? Or applied one in Photoshop or Lightroom? Just curious, not trying to offend in any way...:confused:
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Hey Mika, thanks for taking the time to check out my photos.
So for a backlight I used a small tungsten lamp (no strobes) that was low and raked across the wood surface to accent some of the background wood grain and add a little bit of ping on the knives' liners and create texture in some of the handles.
For the key light I hung a large soft source directly overtop of the knives which also helps get the reflectiveness off the blades and bolsters, things like that.
I then shaped it a bit using black duvetine to get a slash that highlights the knife itself and lets the table go dark away from the knife. It sort of creates the illusion that the light is coming from the knife itself, rather than an outside source.
I also helped it along in Adobe Lightroom with some grads and contrast adjustment, but generally I like to do all of my lighting in camera.

Thanks again.
 
Here's another one...
Picked this up yesterday. Been wanting one for a while. What a beautiful folder.
Benchmade 890 Torrent

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