Taking knife pictures outside

[daizee]

The light really does make it, and a decent backround doesn't hurt at all. Normally I just snap pix in the basement on a free workbench with a cutting pad.

The sky outside this evening was CRAZY due to a storm wannabe blowing through just before sundown. The light was all vivid and flat at the same time, so I grabbed the knife on my belt and the phone in my pocket and snapped a few pictures. Good lighting really does make a picture - after all no light, no photons, no image. Lack of focus control on the phone with a shallow depth of field in low light is a bit frustrating.

 

[BMK]

Light is everything. Morning and afternoon light is usually best. Nice photographs!

 

[fast14riot]

Yeah the small optics on phone cameras and some point and shoot cameras make low light shooting tough. What I do in those conditions (even when using my phone) is set up so I don't have to hold the camera (phone) either tripod or set on something, and use the timer. It will allow you to step away from the camera eliminating shake. Boosting the iso speed helps, but holding it back in low light can give a nice artsy grain to the image as well. Your color sauration looks good as well. A little fill flash might have helped, maybe with a piece of tissue over it to diffuse it a bit.

More specifically than morning and evning light, dawn and dusk can be fantastic times to shoot. Sometimes only less than an hour of good light each time, though.


-Xander

 

[thegeek574]

The way I have been able to get some of my best is by taking when it is cloudy against a reasonable contrasting background. black knife on dark green grass works good, especially here in oregon where if it ain't cloudy, global warming has kicked in .

 

[mete]

Yes be patient , wait till a cloud comes by !

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Or diffused sun light through the trees!