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Post by boon119 on Jun 23, 2006 0:03:12 GMT
A WIP of a Kelt Fianna.   BTW, how am I doing on the skintones so far? |
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Post by antnol on Jun 23, 2006 3:00:11 GMT
She looks pretty good so far. The skin is a little light but not bad.
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Post by Tim C on Jun 23, 2006 6:39:05 GMT
Looking good, these are not easy as they are so delicate minis. I struggle with standard human size Rackhams minis.
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Post by boon119 on Jun 24, 2006 19:35:23 GMT
Not much of an update, but anyhoo....   The lighting isn't as good as in the other pics...... |
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Post by Tim C on Jun 24, 2006 19:37:58 GMT
difficult to see where you have been working on the mini, try to crop some of the background out to give a larger image
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Post by jabberwocky on Jun 25, 2006 22:59:12 GMT
Looking good so far, Boon. I'd like to see closer pics as well.
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Post by boon119 on Jun 29, 2006 1:19:59 GMT
These pics were taken at night, and I had to do it under a light. I will take better ones in the day.   I think Im almost done  |
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Post by Tim C on Jun 29, 2006 7:14:37 GMT
Looks very good, a clearer pic would be better but I can see it is a very nice job even in this one, the blood on the sword is good I feel though you could darken it a little more in places.
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Post by boon119 on Jun 29, 2006 17:32:21 GMT
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Post by jabberwocky on Jun 29, 2006 17:59:19 GMT
Nice job on the blood. I can't tell from the pic--did you do the eyes?
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Post by endrem on Jun 30, 2006 7:59:01 GMT
Sorry to say, no offense meant, but these pictures make it very difficult to say something useful about your mini. They are too blurry, overexposed. Here are some quick tips on making better photos: Use a tripod. Use more neutral backdrop, white or black is no good (a light grey would do better). Set macro mode on. Zoom until the macro sign (little flower usually) turns to yellow. If it doesn't, zoom simply around two third way in. If the cam can't get the focus, move the whole tripod instead of changing the zoom. Use at least two lights, one from above, one on 45 degrees to one side from the camera. Put a white paper on the other side of the mini, as close as possible, but outside of the field of view. This will reduce sharp shadows. Set the following settings aperture 8 (or possible highest number on your cam), shutter speed 1/4. Use the timer (or remote if you have). Take a shot, check the picture. If it is too bright, change the shutter speed one smaller, to 1/8, if too dark change it to 1/2. Take a shot, check the picture. Repeat these steps until reasonably good picture comes out. That should be enough for the beginning |
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Post by boon119 on Jun 30, 2006 14:53:42 GMT
Does cybershot 4.1 have marco mode?
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Post by menace on Jul 10, 2006 8:01:30 GMT
Cybershot should have a close up mode at the very least, i'll get back to you on it...
Endrem's tips pretty much cover everything, it is a good idea if the pics dont turn out sharp all over to move further back with the camera and crop/enlarge the image in post production. If you are using artificial lighting and not a daylight bulb go to the custom white balance and set it accordingly, this will give you the correct colour balance for any lightsource (as long as you don't mix the lightsources)
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Post by endrem on Jul 11, 2006 16:06:18 GMT
I have a Cybershot dsc-f707, that has a macro mode. It's on the thumb button on the right side, a little flower icon.
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