working on my pic's

Well the highlights are too "hot", washed out, which means you're overexposing. I will "assume" that you are shooting digital and not film. If you are shooting digital, then you can set your camera to underexpose a bit. You probably have some kind of photo editing software that will allow you to adjust brightness/contrast and color balance.

The other thing, move the sheath away from the knife, we want to see a clear and separate image of both.

You asked for it :D Otherwise, good photos.
 
In addition, I would get closer in also. I would try taking some photos that literally fill up the frame. My brother takes a lot of photos and has gotten quite good. He's taken quite a few classes also, both in person and online. He tells me that most photographers start out not getting close enough to the subject.

I cropped out the third photo and did some contrast work as suggested by the previous post and some color enhancements. Notice how the closer in photo and changes in contrast and color work make everything seem richer and not as washed out.

The same photograph, with a little bit of enhancement.
 

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scottickes said:
In addition, I would get closer in also. I would try taking some photos that literally fill up the frame. My brother takes a lot of photos and has gotten quite good. He's taken quite a few classes also, both in person and online. He tells me that most photographers start out not getting close enough to the subject.
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That is really true. Most people forget that the best zoom lens they've got is their own two feet.

I think Rocketmann's photos are well framed, just needs to tweak them for contrast and composition. :)

Edit: Scottickes, I see that your color balance is warmer in color tone....but the highlights are still too hot, washed out, blocked up, whatever, but meaning that there is no texture or detail, just white blobs.

Edit 2: This is why you underexpose a bit because then you are not washing out the texture of the bolster or blade...then, in your software editing program, you can bring up the light and texture without washing it out...or back off a bit, if you have to. Believe me, you have to experiment with this stuff.
 
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Coldwood said:
That is really true. Most people forget that the best zoom lens they've got is their own two feet.

I think Rocketmann's photos are well framed, just needs to tweak them for contrast and composition. :)
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I was editing my post and actually tweaked them. I was probably adding the edited photos as you were posting.
 
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I was editing my post and actually tweaked them. I was probably adding the edited photos as you were posting.
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LOL :) It's funny, I used to have a battery of 35mm camera bodies and lenses, and even my own darkroom for film...now they are obsolete and probably worthless to anybody except old die-hard photography purists :D

(gasp) Kodak is not making Kodachrome any more. When the current stocks are gone, it's gone. There is only one processing lab left in the whole US of A. (gasp)

Now I use a consumer-grade Canon Powershot A630 digital, and Adobe Photoshop software, and I can do miracle photography that I couldn't even dream about in the old film days. I can get prints off my Hewlett Packard that are gorgeous and archival.

Much as I loved my SLRs...they were cool...now I love my digitals.

Well, oops, sorry, got off topic.

Rocketmann, Great Photos!!! :D
 
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Yeah, I need to do some more work in this area. Scott the background in the pic is black, so when I made my adjustments I tried to keep it that way. I am using the light box from the old Coop thread. I always use a tripod and I get as close as I can. I'm using a timer on the camera to isolate any movements. I have the ISO set at 200,the choices are 200, 100 and auto. I sometimes use the Macro feature but I'm not sure that it helps.. I do my editing in photo suite. The camera is a 3.34 MP pentax optio 330. Any tips for me??
 
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