Star Wars LEGO Photography

[Cyh Naan]

2 hours ago, VaderFan2187 said:

Wow! Really nice microfighters 

 

Yes, I think so !

And verry funny scene.

 

[Kaboozle]

7 hours ago, dr_spock said:

What happens next?

Rogue One Sequel by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

 

All the Single Ladies?  Good one. 

 

Haha, good joke, and nice microfighters.

[Cyh Naan]

In search of rebels by Cyh Naan, sur Flickr

Strategic location by Cyh Naan, sur Flickr

Modified AT-AT 75054

LXF of the MOD : http://storage.canalblog.com/32/84/318082/109564876.lxf

Edited February 10, 2017 by Cyh Naan

[VaderFan2187]

Great Photoshop (or did you photograph that out in the snow )

We will crush the Rebellion!

[Cyh Naan]

3 hours ago, VaderFan2187 said:

Great Photoshop (or did you photograph that out in the snow )

We will crush the Rebellion!

Thanks, no Photoshop, I was on hoth to take pictures,  I was a hidden rebel. 

[VaderFan2187]

7 hours ago, Cyh Naan said:

Thanks, no Photoshop, I was on hoth to take pictures,  I was a hidden rebel. 

Ahh ok I see. Takes some devotion to do that!

[MagPiesRUs]

Luke and Vader on Endor by MagPiesRUs, on Flickr

[brobert]

8 hours ago, TinyPiesRUs said:

Luke and Vader on Endor by MagPiesRUs, on Flickr

Very nice, captures the tone nicely!

[VaderFan2187]

8 hours ago, TinyPiesRUs said:

Luke and Vader on Endor by MagPiesRUs, on Flickr

Also really like the small red glow on the AT-AT.

[Cyh Naan]

Nice shot, the light is very good.

[Cyh Naan]

My modified 9493 X-Wing and my 9495 Y-Wing under the laser shots during the Death Star assault.

Coming in point three five by Cyh Naan, sur Flickr

Switch all power to front deflector screen by Cyh Naan, sur Flickr

 

Edited July 6, 2017 by Cyh Naan

[Cyh Naan]

Ralph McQuarrie A-Wing Starfighter (modified A-Wing from set 75150).

Ralph McQuarrie A-Wing Starfighter by Cyh Naan, sur Flickr

[Tariq j]

These photos are amazing! Keep up the good work 

[JDbricks]

 

[Japanbuilder]

Testing out a new light box set up and a new  spot light. So far it is OK but I need to reformat the backing on the light box. 

P2192817 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192783 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192814 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192813 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192845 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192837 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192843 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2192835 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

[brobert]

21 hours ago, Japanbuilder said:

Testing out a new light box set up and a new  spot light. So far it is OK but I need to reformat the backing on the light box. 

Not bad, but the light seems a bit harsh (for my taste at least :) are you using any sort of light diffuser?

[kibosh]

4 hours ago, brobert said:

Not bad, but the light seems a bit harsh (for my taste at least :) are you using any sort of light diffuser?

Agreed.  And it looks like you are using a single light.  Try to use two, and don't shine them directly without a diffuser.  Bounce the light off something else.  It will help reduce the glare and harsh shadows.

You are on the right track!

[brobert]

I have a rather small, but  pretty well designed lighbox, it's called Foldio. It's not too big, but because of this easy to transport, (as the name suggests, it folds up neatly) comes with 3 backdrops, and uses built-in LED-stripes, which functions really well.

The newer version is even bigger, and has built-in diffusers for the LED-strips. It's around 100 bucks, I guess you can make it cheaper at home, but if you want versatility, this is a pretty good option. My previous photos here were also shot in it.

[Japanbuilder]

14 hours ago, brobert said:

Not bad, but the light seems a bit harsh (for my taste at least :) are you using any sort of light diffuser?

None so far. I had not considered it when making this set up but I will look into it now =)

9 hours ago, kibosh said:

Agreed.  And it looks like you are using a single light.  Try to use two, and don't shine them directly without a diffuser.  Bounce the light off something else.  It will help reduce the glare and harsh shadows.

You are on the right track!

Yes, single light at the moment. I was experimenting. I had not considered the diffuser before it was mentioned but I will look into it. The lighting struck me as too strong too so I tried to angle the light in various ways across all these shots. Now that you mentioned a second one helps I will totally get one. 

The set up I have is very very small and rough. The box is a plain old cardboard with some blue matte like paper as backing. The Light is a 5 LED desk lamp but the bulbs just point right at stuff and it is hard to angle it correctly but yes the diffuser will help as soon as I can get around to making one I shall post again =) 

Thanks for the tips guys!

9 hours ago, brobert said:

I have a rather small, but  pretty well designed lighbox, it's called Foldio. It's not too big, but because of this easy to transport, (as the name suggests, it folds up neatly) comes with 3 backdrops, and uses built-in LED-stripes, which functions really well.

The newer version is even bigger, and has built-in diffusers for the LED-strips. It's around 100 bucks, I guess you can make it cheaper at home, but if you want versatility, this is a pretty good option. My previous photos here were also shot in it.

Thank you for the suggestion I have marked the vendor page in case the home made options I am attempting don't work well enough for presentable shots in the long run. 

[brobert]

7 hours ago, Japanbuilder said:

None so far. I had not considered it when making this set up but I will look into it now =)

Yes, single light at the moment. I was experimenting. I had not considered the diffuser before it was mentioned but I will look into it. The lighting struck me as too strong too so I tried to angle the light in various ways across all these shots. Now that you mentioned a second one helps I will totally get one. 

The set up I have is very very small and rough. The box is a plain old cardboard with some blue matte like paper as backing. The Light is a 5 LED desk lamp but the bulbs just point right at stuff and it is hard to angle it correctly but yes the diffuser will help as soon as I can get around to making one I shall post again =) 

Thanks for the tips guys!

Thank you for the suggestion I have marked the vendor page in case the home made options I am attempting don't work well enough for presentable shots in the long run. 

While at the topic, if you do it yourself, a simple piece of paper from the thinner kind will work just fine as an ad hoc diffuser, you can experiment with different kinds, but it's definitely worth it for the more even lighting, and more realistic shadows even with one lightbulb :)

[Japanbuilder]

5 hours ago, brobert said:

While at the topic, if you do it yourself, a simple piece of paper from the thinner kind will work just fine as an ad hoc diffuser, you can experiment with different kinds, but it's definitely worth it for the more even lighting, and more realistic shadows even with one lightbulb :)

Yes, I think my first experiment will be with kitchen paper, mostly because I worry about heat. If that does not work as I expect I may just try traditional lantern paper and see if that produces a good even light throughout. The only downside to that is, it is not as heat resistant. 

[brobert]

54 minutes ago, Japanbuilder said:

Yes, I think my first experiment will be with kitchen paper, mostly because I worry about heat. If that does not work as I expect I may just try traditional lantern paper and see if that produces a good even light throughout. The only downside to that is, it is not as heat resistant. 

Aren't lanters supposed to generate heat? But anyway you don't necessarily have to put it right before the light source, in fact, it's best if there's a good distance between then, and then you don't have to worry about heat. Most professional light diffusers are also rather like a tent on the lights, with varying distance to it, so the light diffuses more evenly (a.k.a. softboxes). Especially if you're using one lightbulb with few LED-s, like you said you do, a bigger distance is better. For the material, a simple white cloth can do the trick as well, but you can get diffusers for basically buttons on aliexpress or ebay.

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by brobert

[Japanbuilder]

16 hours ago, brobert said:

Aren't lanters supposed to generate heat? But anyway you don't necessarily have to put it right before the light source, in fact, it's best if there's a good distance between then, and then you don't have to worry about heat. Most professional light diffusers are also rather like a tent on the lights, with varying distance to it, so the light diffuses more evenly (a.k.a. softboxes). Especially if you're using one lightbulb with few LED-s, like you said you do, a bigger distance is better. For the material, a simple white cloth can do the trick as well, but you can get diffusers for basically buttons on aliexpress or ebay.

 

Yes, I figured as much =) I am working on using a cheap picture frame to hold the material up between my subjects and the light. 

*edit* 

Made adjustments to my lightbox, added cooking paper to cover the holes I had on it and affixed my lone light top center. These are some of my results so far. I had a few others but I was in a awkward area and my camera captured shaking but it has been noted for next time (get your camera into a stable platform when on a tripod). The focus seems softer somehow, but maybe my eye was getting used to sharp contrast of my earlier shots. 

P2222658 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2222655 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

Edited February 22, 2017 by Japanbuilder

[brobert]

10 hours ago, Japanbuilder said:

Yes, I figured as much =) I am working on using a cheap picture frame to hold the material up between my subjects and the light. 

*edit* 

Made adjustments to my lightbox, added cooking paper to cover the holes I had on it and affixed my lone light top center. These are some of my results so far. I had a few others but I was in a awkward area and my camera captured shaking but it has been noted for next time (get your camera into a stable platform when on a tripod). The focus seems softer somehow, but maybe my eye was getting used to sharp contrast of my earlier shots. 

Well it's hard to see correctly in this resolution, and on Flickr it seems you've set the photos on private...

But the light is definitely more even now, all in all I'd say great results.

THe contrast does seem to be a bit low, but nothing a little editing coudln't fix 

[Japanbuilder]

5 minutes ago, brobert said:

Well it's hard to see correctly in this resolution, and on Flickr it seems you've set the photos on private...

But the light is definitely more even now, all in all I'd say great results.

THe contrast does seem to be a bit low, but nothing a little editing coudln't fix 

Thanks I set some of these to public =) Hopefully the bigger resolution makes a difference. 

I tried a few more at iso 200 to see if that changed anything. The previous ones were iso 80. 

P2222687 by Macster Tome, on Flickr

P2222729 by Macster Tome, on Flickr