lol...welcome to the bike club :thumb2:
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Per Ardua
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Hi John
All I did with these was hold my small Nikon Coolpix steady on the top of a Tamiya paint pot, set it on “macro” and take the picture. The light was mostly taken my modelling strip light set to light from the front and above. I did a little post processing in lightroom to enhance contrast, repair blown highlights (which my little Nikon always seems to do for these) and crop the shot to remove unwanted background. The secret, if there is one, is holding the camera steady while you take the shot.....and getting down to the level of the subject. Photographs taken from above always look false....Ron the salad dodger on here is a master of this technique.....
If you are using an SLR, go for the aperture priority mode (Av on a Canon) and set to a really high number like F14. The shutter speed will drop alarmingly, so don’t hand hold, use a tripod and set the self timer to take the shot without camera shake.
Best thing about models is that they don’t move while you do this....if you try it with wildlife they are about half a mile away by the time the shutter goes click....still need to get to eye level with the subject if you can as well.....
Cheers
TimComment
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Oh, I can almost smell the Autosol!
Great progress so far.
And what's this about being too old to get a real one??
Nonsense. Winter is when the prices come down. Start looking. You know you want to. ...Comment
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Cheers Tim.
I will have a word with myself and pay attention to the setting. When I do landscape photos I have no problems. I have a light tent and used the tripod for those figures. Might be better with the cable, or as you suggest with the timer. I Use the Cannon 5D, not one of these with video , Its about 6 years old , maybe more , also a Cannon 300D,a little baby , nice camera. On the 5D I use a 24- 105 wide angle lens that I use for landscapes, maybe this is the wrong lens to use . I have a Sigma Macro 180mm 1.3.5 . but find it is to powerful and shows things we wouldn't normally see !
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Hi Dave
Thanks for that...I remember autosol as well.....don’t see it so much now, everything is plastic to save weight....as to a real 9ne, haven’t ruled it out as a retirement present yet, I still have the license....
Hi John
I thought you had a Canon rig....nice camera the 5D, full frame sensor. I have that 24-105 lens as well, great lens, sharp as a tack...not sure what the minimum focus is though, so you may be a little close when you use it. Try it set at 50mm as that should be quite close to the way your eye sees the picture. The 180 macro is a bit fierce unless you move well away, it’s designed to give greater than 1:1 magnification so is really like using a magnifying glass....Apparently it makes a great portrait lens though....i have a 90mm macro and find that a bit much at times as well. Remember you can shoot a little further away and crop the photo in post processing, I find that gives a little more control over perspective and better depth of field (DoF).....you really need the small aperture to maximise DoF. Has your camera got a preset selection? My 7D has, so yours might. If it has, set it, save it, and then use it for this type of picture. All you will have to do is switch to it and not think any more before taking shots....
Cheers all
TimComment
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Hi John
I rarely use my macro to be honest. In the field I use my 100-400 for insects, flowers and birds....the macro function on it is pretty good and it means you don’t get close to insects and spook them...and the crop sensor on the 7D2 gets me closer to the feathered chaps, acting like a 1.4 converter. I know you’ve looked at my Flikr pictures, well almost everything on there regarding the natural world shots have been taken with a 300mm with 1.4 converter or the 100-400mm zoom I bought to replace it.
Hi Jakko
The 1024 limit is a resize feature, not a crop. All of my pictures are post-process cropped to some extent, but posting here doesn’t change the composition. What I upload is what appears. They just get made the right size to make the width fit the format....It’s why they are all different heights....Comment
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Another party that I am late arriving to! What a wonderful little kit. Looks like all is going well. Will draw up a pew with the rest of the rabbleComment
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Hi Steve
Thanks for joining in...glad you like it...it will be a bit stop start.....but that’s the nature of the beast....
Cheers
TimComment
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Perhaps when it was new, but this is a thirty five year old Honda LOLComment
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Hi all
I've been plodding on with this one, so here are the latest updates......
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Right rear end....swing arm and shocks now in place, not that keen on the plastic tubing, doesn't really sit right to my eye.....
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Left rear end.....shocks have come out quite clean....
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Engine in frame.....not much else you can say about this :rolling:
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Rear end looking forwards....
I'm finding this quite a protracted build. I think it is the painting as I go approach.....next job is getting the exhausts on and starting to build the front forks.....
hope you like it.....all comments and hints welcome (especially hints).
Cheers
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