A Cambridge Rollerball in 2 views

[Mack C.]

2 views of the same Cambridge Ster. S/Ti. Gold RB. That's Ed4copies Alternate Ivory covering it.

I found the Ivory somewhat difficult to turn. It had a nasty habit of chipping away if I took too deep a cut. I ruined 1 blank before catching on to what I was doing. It will be a little while before I attempt turning the Ivory again, it's too hard on my nerves.

Now my reason for posting 2 pics with 2 different backgrounds and poses -- would you mind taking a minute and give me your honest opinion of which is the better photo, or which one you like the best.

Honest opinions only! I won't take them as personal attacks.

 

[alphageek]

Personally, I like the top pose.... But either is ok. However, ONE of these pictures is better than the other, but I can't tell which. The white balance if off on one of them (my guess is the top one is the more correct). With a pen like this, accurate color is CRITICAL and thus one of these needs color correction.

 

[Mack C.]

Personally, I like the top pose.... But either is ok. However, ONE of these pictures is better than the other, but I can't tell which. The white balance if off on one of them (my guess is the top one is the more correct). With a pen like this, accurate color is CRITICAL and thus one of these needs color correction.

Hi Dean; The top one is closer to the correct colour, but still showing overly yellowish.

My WB was set against a grey card, and I'm using 3 5000K lights. I can't recall if I was taking pics in WB or Daylight mode. I do know it's taking me longer to get a good photo of a pen than it is to make one, but as long as it's fun that's what counts.
I appreciate your straight forward comments.

 

[pipecrafter]

Sometimes getting a good color balance is the most frustrating part of taking any photo - well, aside from dealing with highlights washing out detail on shiny things. My camera (a Canon 300D) actually requires a plain white background as the white balance sample image in order to bring out the best colors.

 

[Mack C.]

Sometimes getting a good color balance is the most frustrating part of taking any photo - well, aside from dealing with highlights washing out detail on shiny things. My camera (a Canon 300D) actually requires a plain white background as the white balance sample image in order to bring out the best colors.

Hi Kurt; I'm using a Canon S5 IS.

 

[VisExp]

I like the pose of the top image. The white balance looks off in both images, more so in the lower.

I use a white card to manually set the white balance in my camera. I got a set on Ebay similar to this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Optek-Digital-B...15215QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

 

[broitblat]

Although most of my pictures are more like the second one, I like the looks of the first picture better.

-Barry

 

[GoodTurns]

i like the 1st shot better, seems that the body of the pen blends too much with the background in the second pic.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen, I go with the top picture.

 

[reddwil]

Top pic, Fancy, very nice

 

[bitshird]

Top picture, looks just a bit blue, I love Ed's Alt Ivory. but I turn it on a metal lathe, (cheat) I blew a piece up I was going to use for a JR Emperor, trying it on my wood lathe.
Your Cambridge is beautiful, I love the larger pens done in Alt Ivory.

 

[NewLondon88]

Maybe this will help for comparison.
I like the top pose, myself.

 

[akbar24601]

Great looking pen Mack. I love tha kit!!! I like either pose, but, the top photo looks much better.

 

[GouletPens]

If you have a hard time with color balance, there are plenty of basic photo editing programs out there that will save you a lot of time and aggravation. It looks like you're hovering over the pen with your camera and take a picture from directly above. I've never been a fan of this strategy b/c it always casts wierd shadows. Try doing different light and camera setups.

 

[desertyellow]

Alt Ivory never looked so good.

 

[Jim Smith]

First off, beautiful pen! I love the classy look of the alternate Ivory with that kit. As far as the photos, I also think the first photo is cleaner and shows off the pen better.

Super nice work!!!

Jim Smith

 

[erbymcbrayer]

Top picture, a beautiful pen, good job.

 

[hughbie]

put another check in the box for the top pic....the bottom turned out too yellow.....doesn't do the pen any justice...

 

[Rangertrek]

Nice!

I like the top shot the best, VERY nice pen.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice pen. White balance is off on the second one. though.