lcvisser Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 For outdoor shots, I like pictures that make scale models look full size. This one by Holger Matthes is one of my favorites. (image of huge bucket wheel excavator) Dennis Bosman puts quite some effort in location scouting for his trucks: Mercedes Benz Actros 3353 by Dennis Bosman, on Flickr See more of his work here: https://www.flickr.c...157639232835425 and http://dennisbosman.nl Quote
dr_spock Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Day 171 of 365: Oh Bucket It by dr_spock_888, on Flickr Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 Sometimes I question my mental age because it never gets old seeing JarJar getting trashed . Quote
Doc_Brown Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Some amazing photos here! I'm starting to like the charcoal/darker backgrounds, might give it a try! :D Here's my fav pic, AKA my avatar. IMG_7440bw2 by Doc_brown1, on Flickr Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 The Rhino Express: And the "real" photo here: Quote
nerdsforprez Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Nice pictures guys, the gray background is indeed very nice ! I do not have so much talent at taking cool pics. I think this is one of my best photos taken so far . In your case, it has nothing to do with lack of talent. It's actually a pretty cool picture, but you lack a proper backdrop and lighting. That's a simple matter of investing some money Or try taking outdoor shots. There are some great examples in this topic. ...Or it could cost nothing. Funny, your pic is almost the exact same angle and positioning of a photo that I took with my model of the Liebherr 1500.8.1. I added the text but try to see this pic without the text. Really really similar to your shot. All I did was download GIMP, fuzzy selected the image and did a white background change. cleaned up the parts that were not selected and aside from the text...voila! Done! Cost to do all this.....0$ USD. If you convert this to euros.... it is still 0$ Quote
TheItalianBrick Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Hope it's welcome! Edited June 22, 2015 by TheItalianBrick Quote
dr_spock Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Sometimes I question my mental age because it never gets old seeing JarJar getting trashed . Sometimes I question my sanity of trying to take a Jar Jar photo a day for 365 days. It can be a real drag some days. Day 173 of 365: Racing Drag by dr_spock_888, on Flickr I think it has help me find a cheap simple setup and cut down the number of pictures I have to take to get at least a good one. Quote
miguev Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 ...Or it could cost nothing. Funny, your pic is almost the exact same angle and positioning of a photo that I took with my model of the Liebherr 1500.8.1. I added the text but try to see this pic without the text. Really really similar to your shot. All I did was download GIMP, fuzzy selected the image and did a white background change. cleaned up the parts that were not selected and aside from the text...voila! Done! Cost to do all this.....0$ USD. If you convert this to euros.... it is still 0$ That helps, but the color and shading in yours is still quite worse, sorry! What really helps a lot is starting off from a better photo and that's usually the case when you have better light. Or know better how to use the one you've got, I guess. Quote
Rishab N Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I was inspired by this thread and tried to take some photos of my copy of Crowkillers's Vampire GT with/without Lifelites in the sunset. I think they turned out ok for a first try, but I think I should have waited until it was darker Here's a try at some photo editing None of these are really the level of some of the pics in this thread, but I hope to improve sometime Quote
miguev Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 BTW there's a awe-ful lot of good photography in the Star Wars LEGO Photography thread, and it seems to me most people set off like "Step 1: Find really good light." Anyway I like that thread for ideas on how to shoot smaller models, people there manage to make minifigs look not so tiny, even in forestry setups. As hard as I tried to avoid it, my Orange Buggy turned out looking tiny, surrounded by fallen leaves. Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Sometimes I question my sanity of trying to take a Jar Jar photo a day for 365 days. Come to think of it, hating JarJar does imply a certain advanced mental age... What really helps a lot is starting off from a better photo and that's usually the case when you have better light. Lighting is everything. I always say that to make a good shot you have to have 70% of GOOD lighting, 10% of good equipment and 20% of luck. Get the light right and as long as the object is in focus the rest are details. And of course, a good eye for framing goes a long way for that 20% of luck criteria. Edited June 22, 2015 by Werlu Ulcur Quote
miguev Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Lighting is everything. I always say that to make a good shot you have to have 70% of GOOD lighting, 10% of good equipment and 20% of luck. Get the light right and as long as the object is in focus the rest are details. And of course, a good eye for framing goes a long way for that 20% of luck criteria. Would you also say that you must shoot at sunrise or sunset, or you may as well forget about it? Just kidding, but for a moment I thought we sound like we're talking about landscape photography I guess quite a bit of that goes into shooting models outdoors. To me it's lately more about "f/8 and being there", although I'm more prone to f/1.8 or f/2.8, being there (getting out) is really hard these days. Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 If you want to make a "documentary shot" there's not much to discuss - you have to get the whole object in sharp focus and illuminate it in an uniform way, so that the viewer can have the best clear view of the object as possible. Not getting into the merit of it, but to me that causes the shot to become a bit artificial. Of course these shots have a purpose and you can achieve some (really) beautiful results, but I would rather have a more "natural" feel to the shot - and that doesn't mean you can only use natural light, far from it. By no means I'm anything close to some artsy purist but I do prefer less-composed shots that you can make by basically using only the camera and a flash. My wife says I'm probably the only adult in the world who can't photograph anything without getting his clothes dirty. Quote
miguev Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) If you want to make a "documentary shot" there's not much to discuss - you have to get the whole object in sharp focus and illuminate it in an uniform way, so that the viewer can have the best clear view of the object as possible. Not getting into the merit of it, but to me that causes the shot to become a bit artificial. Of course these shots have a purpose and you can achieve some (really) beautiful results, but I would rather have a more "natural" feel to the shot - and that doesn't mean you can only use natural light, far from it. By no means I'm anything close to some artsy purist but I do prefer less-composed shots that you can make by basically using only the camera and a flash. My wife says I'm probably the only adult in the world who can't photograph anything without getting his clothes dirty. I prefer more composed (careful framing and lighting) shots with natural light... and I'm certainly not one to come back with clean trousers, as my wife learned early on Edited June 23, 2015 by miguev Quote
MaxSupercars Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 gti180: Nice MAN ? Do you have also other photos? Max... Quote
dr_spock Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Is there a man? I see a blade of grass. That seems to be what the photographer wants the viewer to focus on. Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 23, 2015 Author Posted June 23, 2015 ...and I'm certainly not one to come back with clean trousers, as my wife learned early on Try doing that with a reflex camera... Quote
gti180 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) I will update my WIP topic soon, but for now this is just an example of a teaser photograph Edited June 23, 2015 by gti180 Quote
MaxSupercars Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Is there a man? I see a blade of grass. That seems to be what the photographer wants the viewer to focus on. MAN is german truck maker... :) Max... Edited June 23, 2015 by MaxSupercars Quote
miguev Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Try doing that with a reflex camera... Done it many times with several D/SLRs (Olympus OM-1, Nikon FM-2n, D80, D90 and D700). Even done it with film SLRs not looking through the viewfinder, not a problem with a 24mm Too bad people around me aren't often up for capturing the moment. I'm getting old and D700 is so heavy, I want to switch to something like Olympus OM-D EM-1 some day, but I'm not giving up on dirty trousers and shoes. Last fall ended up walking the entire Rapperswil wooden bridge barefoot with dripping shoes hanging from baby stroller. Also stepped in quicksand-like swamp once... whatever it takes to get the shot! Luckily, shooting LEGO needn't be like that. The worst I've got is some neck and wrist pain getting really low angles, but nothing wet @gti180: No they are not. Hey, fun is in teh eye of teh beeholder Edited June 23, 2015 by miguev Quote
drakmin Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Hi, here is my really simple setup which I used to photograph my siege tank moc. Main light is sun behind window which is softened through a transparent curtain. Secondary light is a bare 25W bulb to simulate cannon fire. In my opinion single most important factor is the quality of light used, many things can be post processed but the softness or hardness of the light remains. Sunlight softened through curtain original .jpg file from the camera as you can see I overexposured the curtain for easier postprocessing and to capture details in the shadow areas postprocessed raw from the camera (d700 + af-s 50/1.4) Edited June 23, 2015 by drakmin Quote
Werlu Ulcur Posted June 24, 2015 Author Posted June 24, 2015 I crave for a D700... May be heavy and cumbersome, but just does it. drakmin, beautiful! I saw your siege tank shot elsewhere and wondered how much of it was PS. It came out absolutely fantastic! Quote
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