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Flat Figures Painters Forum => Gallery => Topic started by: Hannibal on June 28, 2015, 04:57:26 PM
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Among the first knights of the Order of Gartner in 1348 ...
Drawing: Martin Block,
Engraved by Karl Werner Rieger
Editor: Schmalkaler Zinnfiguren identified as MB R/FF14
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/dsc02715.jpg)
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Very nice paintwork Hannibal - and also a well done picture!
By the way would you say some words about the camera and the settings you used?
Best regards-
sandor
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You'r coming good Michel
Eric
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Hello Snagy,
I am using a small Camera Sony Cybershot AVCHD 20x (optical zoom) (some 250€). Mounted on a camera foot (absolutely essential!).
The flat is inserted ion a self-adhesive black velours, provided with a slit at bottom, and set on a inclined piece of wood (which I am using for regular painting of flats). The velours attracts dust and hair, but is easlily cleaned with fresh tape..
The lighting is a cool light (6000 – 6400°K) daylight 80 Watts as shown. The white is adjusted to that light on the camera (special function), here to 6200°K, to obtain a correct whte and colour balance.
Sensivity to 100 ISO. Focus on center point, lighting also on center point, manually adjustable. I usually under-expose slighktly (here -0.7 ) to get details in the shadows instead of saturation, and compensate on the photo later. I use a delay for the photograph of 2 secods, so when I push on the button, I have two seconds fr the camera to be absoluteky without any move to get sharp photograph. Even in exhibitions, I use the camera foot, sometimes with a zoom 10 fold at distance, and a 2 seconds delay = photograhs remain sharp !
After the photograph is taken and darken the contrast to get a black background, and adjust the Midtone to match the colour and contrast of the flat in front of me… I am using Microsoft Office Picture Manager, very simple and straitforward software for adjustments … provided with Microsoft Office. When dusts or hair have been forgotten on the background, I clean with a software called PhotoFiltre Studio.
Below a few pictures of the installation.
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/photo111.jpg) (http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/photo111.jpg)
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/photo210.jpg) (http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/photo210.jpg)
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Thank you Eric, coming from you is a valuable compliment. Daniel screened a few improvements the last days, he has a very sharp eye.
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Thank you for the very detailed description about the photo-techniques are used, Michel.
I think the well demonstrated way, how these firstclass pictures can be made is useful for a lot of us.
For me myself first.
Best regards-
sandor
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Hannibal I notices the picture of the two Masssai have you been to Kenya? Been there done that ;D Willie
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No Willie, my wife Nuray, paintings flats too (see in pictures Gallery) is also painting on canevas; lastly she painted several african subjects such as these two Maasai, still in process.
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/41/09/92/dsc02718.jpg)
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Well, I"m a bit late to the party, but the knight is really good. No doubt where the light is coming from.
Glen
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Thank you Glen :)