Majestic with new light box

[lwalper]

I've been struggling with getting decent pen images so built a light box described here somewhere. Just a simple three-sided contraption built out of 1x6 with a single 75W "Reveal" bulb on each side. White T-shirt stretched over a wire frame. Not too bad for a first shot.

This is a Majestic Bk/TN rhodium plated pen on red logwood.

 

[Edward Cypher]

Very nice. Love the curl in the pen.

 

[mmayo]

Gentle suggestion. Work on white balance to improve your images.

 

[BSea]

Those are certainly better than average. I agree with mmayo on the white balance. Also, the 2nd pic looks like it loses focus a bit on the cap finial. So you might research depth of field. Or just back up a foot or so when you take the picture. Then crop & resize as normal. You will lose a little resolution, but that shouldn't be noticed unless you do some really close up pics with cropping.

 

[Krash]

Very nice. Love the curl in the pen.

I agree. I love curl in wood. Nice job!

 

[Rockytime]

Looks great to me. But what do I know? I'm just an amateur.

 

[Dalepenkala]

Nice looking pen!
Just a suggestion on your pix. I do agree with Mark, but I would also suggest more light in your light box. I use 3 lights at the 5500k rating. I find that I'd rather have more light than what's necessary because you can always adjust your shutter speed to gear the apperence your looking for. Just my 2 cents.

 

[SDB777]

What is your post processing now?
Which software are you using?
And did you do anything? (Crop, adjust any 'sliders', etc....)



Scott (light tent is a big part of photos) B