taking pics of hamon

tito

tito

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I looked up Coop's old thread about building a light box (which I did) - he also talks about using a black reflector to pick up the hamon in a photo. The first pic is without the reflector. The second is the same picture after some crappy editing. The last one is black reflector + crappy editing. None of them are very good, which is aggravating. I imagine I need a lot more practice - a better camera wouldn't hurt either. I'm just using a small Canon Powershot, but it seems to do "good enough" (cringe). Anyway, thanks to Coop, my pictures are less crappy than they were before, and I probably owe him a tithe for the tutorial. Please make suggestions if you have any. Which do you prefer?

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It seems to have a very yellow cast to it.

What type - color - temperature are the lights you are using ?
 
Well, I thought I got the bulbs he specified, but am no longer sure, as I had zero experience with photography before his tutorial. I know two were the florescent bulbs of the specified wattage. The other was a higher wattage because they were out of the others. That's a yellow hide and a yellow piece of oosik, but it still has the "warm yellow" look that he was trying to get away from. I'll double check the bulbs and look for "daylight" ones. It might help to put down a lighter colored backdrop than the hide also.

edited to add: hey Bruce, do those things come in .50BMG??? Sorry, always wanted to ask:)
 
edited to add: hey Bruce, do those things come in .50BMG??? Sorry, always wanted to ask:)[/QUOTE]

Yep they do on special order :D
 
I had pictures taken by Drew from Bladegallery once at a show and he had to turn off all the other lights in the room to keep from getting the dreaded yellow tint.
 
Bruce Bump said:
I had pictures taken by Drew from Bladegallery once at a show and he had to turn off all the other lights in the room to keep from getting the dreaded yellow tint.
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Yup, sounds like I just need to do a little experimenting, and double check the bulbs. The sad part is I kind of like the dreamy yellow tint. Too bad it's a big flag.
 
I dont see any yellow on the knife. Just try changing the backdrop and snap another shot.
BTW, I like that knife especially the brown wrap. Is that leather?
 
Bruce Bump said:
Ok I'll can give you a "two for one" sale price :D
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I thought she was gonna go for it...I got as far as, "but baby...," before she set me straight. Apparently, she no longer accepts, "in the best interests of the family" reason for defense purchases:confused:.
 
Bruce Bump said:
I dont see any yellow on the knife. Just try changing the backdrop and snap another shot.
BTW, I like that knife especially the brown wrap. Is that leather?
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sorry, I missed this earlier...I used black coreless paracord as a base, and brown as the wrap. It looks like leather at a glance when I soak with epoxy, a technique I've seen here and in Walley Haye's video. I originally bought it to make bullwhips, which I soak in paraffin. They are excellent for the south where a whip gets soaked pretty quick in the morning dew.

Anyway, thanks for the comment. I'll trade you for one of those hog legs any day:D
 
Hi,

A custom white balance will help with that yellow cast...

What camera are you using? If you can locate in the manual or online how to set your camera to use a custom white balance it is really very easy to do.

1. Take a picture of the whitest piece of paper you can find (a good quality inkjet paper will work fine) IN your light tent with your lights ON.

2. Set your camera to "custom white balance" and SELECT the picture you just took of the paper.

That's really all there is to it. The camera will then use that shot to set the color for every picture taken as long as you have it set to "custom white balance". It uses that white paper to interpret proper color rendition and will give your backdrop and everything else in the box the proper color temps-regardless of the color of the lighting you use.

Here are a couple exmples using that method:

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Hope this helps
 
Thanks Mongrel, that is now on my list of things to do after work tomorrow.
 
I think the third photo is very good the yellow is from the background. The knife looks great.
 
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