BSea
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I really struggle getting anything better than just average pictures. So today, I set up my light tent, and read the manual for my camera (again:bulgy-eyes. And I think I finally understand how the light balance thing works. My big problem before was getting colors to look right when I was in aperture mode. And I really wanted to get my depth of field to show more detail at the edges. And still give accurate colors.
Here's a few pics for comparison from a recent pen.
Old Pic.
New Pic
Close up Old
Close up New
Depth Shot. I moved the cap as far away as I could in my light tent. In fact I got the cap in front of most of the light. That's why the colors from the pen to the cap look so different. I know the focus isn't perfect, but before I've had more focus issues when the pen was capped than I did with this shot.
I know these won't win any awards. But I do think I'm getting a little better. The best thing is that I only took about 10 shots to get the new pics. I'll bet it was more like 50 for the original pictures. At least reading the manual has saved me some time.
Obviously, I welcome any critiques/tips you can give me. My camera is a Sony A65 with a 18-55 zoom lens.
Here's a few pics for comparison from a recent pen.
Old Pic.
New Pic
Close up Old
Close up New
Depth Shot. I moved the cap as far away as I could in my light tent. In fact I got the cap in front of most of the light. That's why the colors from the pen to the cap look so different. I know the focus isn't perfect, but before I've had more focus issues when the pen was capped than I did with this shot.
I know these won't win any awards. But I do think I'm getting a little better. The best thing is that I only took about 10 shots to get the new pics. I'll bet it was more like 50 for the original pictures. At least reading the manual has saved me some time.
Obviously, I welcome any critiques/tips you can give me. My camera is a Sony A65 with a 18-55 zoom lens.