Afzelia Xylay, Masur Burl, Pippy Yew, Extreme Spalted Oak Burl

[yorkie]

I've never worked with Xylay before and wow! What amazing grain! The Pippy yew is from England, the Spalted Oak burl has a face in it, you see it? The Masur burl is matched with Atrax rollerball. All are CA finish. Even though I'm using a Canon EOS, a light box and professional lighting, I cannot get a good photo to save my life; all except for the macro photos are too dark.

 

[seamus7227]

Stephen, are you using a Canon - EF 50mm f/1.8 II Telephoto Lens to take your pics?

I think they look great but i do see that there could be some improvement made

 

[yorkie]

I'm using a Canon 100mm Macro lens for the close ups and the 50mm that came with the camera for the regular photos.

Stephen, are you using a Canon - EF 50mm f/1.8 II Telephoto Lens to take your pics?

I think they look great but i do see that there could be some improvement made

 

[Displaced Canadian]

Great looking bunch. Blanks like that are the reason I started making pens.

 

[azamiryou]

Beautiful woods.

I think the reason your whole-pen photos are dark is because you're using a white background and allowing the camera to auto-set the exposure. With all that white, the camera sees "too much light" and reduces the exposure. On the close-ups, you don't see so much of the white background, so it doesn't make as big a difference.

The fix depends on your camera features. You can set aperture and shutter speed manually, or some let you increase/decrease the exposure (+/- EV) while still using auto exposure settings. If there's no way to do it with your camera, you can try using a medium gray background instead of white. (A black background will have the opposite effect, and cause the camera to over-expose the shots.)

 

[yorkie]

Thanks for that however, I am using a medium grey background. I have my camera set to full auto but it is a digital SLR and does allow for aperture priority and stuff like that.

Beautiful woods.

I think the reason your whole-pen photos are dark is because you're using a white background and allowing the camera to auto-set the exposure. With all that white, the camera sees "too much light" and reduces the exposure. On the close-ups, you don't see so much of the white background, so it doesn't make as big a difference.

The fix depends on your camera features. You can set aperture and shutter speed manually, or some let you increase/decrease the exposure (+/- EV) while still using auto exposure settings. If there's no way to do it with your camera, you can try using a medium gray background instead of white. (A black background will have the opposite effect, and cause the camera to over-expose the shots.)

 

[Fishinbo]

Beautiful pieces.




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[Sataro]

Fantastic looking pens! That grain is really amazing looking.