Olive reworked...a pair of beauties

[Phillip Kelley]

I have posted these separately but after listening to suggestions and advice, I tried to photgraph them without distracting props. I am still dis-satisfied with my lighting skills but hopefully this shows off their fantastic grain...
Open to suggestions & critisism.

 

[Turned Around]

very nice. what is the kit on top?

 

[Phillip Kelley]

Concava

The kit on top is the Concava without the "cave" the directions suggested...lol The clip is bent or twisted & I can't seem to get it straight. I bought several of these & I hope all of them don't have the same problem.

very nice. what is the kit on top?

 

[Allen_B]

That is some crazy looking Olivewood. You did excellent on these two.

 

[BSea]

Looking at the bottom pen, it looks like the nib is a little out of focus. About the only comment I would make is to work on your depth of field to fix this issue. If you are using the automatic mode, just back up a bit. You should still have enough resolution to get the same detail once the picture is cropped. If you are using manual settings, use a larger F stop. I think on my setup, I get a reading of 22 based on an ISO of 100. Hope that helps.

Maybe we can have a camera workshop at our next meeting. Scott is pretty good taking pictures. Maybe there is a real photographer in our little group.

But those pens are beautiful. So nothing to criticize there.
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[plantman]

Beautyful Olive grain on your pens Philip, nice detail. It looks like you are using overhead lighting. I would try a three lite system to get rid of the shadows. Left front, right front, and rear going in the diretion of the pen barrel, mounted about 6-12 inches above your surface and pointed down. Just the way I do it, but, I'm no pro!! Jim S