Second Attempt

[run91]

Hi All,

All right here is my second attempt at taking a photo. All comments welcome. Thanks

 

[papaturner]

The pen looks great,however I`m not allowed to comment on photos........................................................................................................................................................................................................................I`m camera challenged myself.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Needed a little tweeking, see if this is a little better?

 

[run91]

That is much better. What tweeking did you do?

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Just added some contrast in Picasa, if you don't have a photo enhasing program you can download Picasa 3 for free, its a great program.

 

[DurocShark]

Red White and Blue make a challenging contrast combination. If you look at the background you see that Roy had to blue up the image quite a bit to get the pen's colors accurate.

Some photo subjects really need to be taken outside to be photographed in natural light. No matter how much we spend on our fancy strobes, lights, tents, etc.

Try it again outside, perhaps in the shade of your house or a tree or something. A piece of paper can be used as a reflector to brighten the shadows if necessary.

 

[TellicoTurning]

My only comment is... I don't like props in pen photos... detracts from a great looking pen.

 

[nava1uni]

I was taught that shooting against a gray background allows the pen and it's details to show much better. Seems to work for me. I have several pieces of gray material that work. I agree with chuck about props, they seem to detract from the pen.

 

[nava1uni]

Just added some contrast in Picasa, if you don't have a photo enhasing program you can download Picasa 3 for free, its a great program.

thanks for this info. I am going to try it.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Also if you would lay the pen on a horizontal plane at a slight angle (per Skip Rat:biggrin your depth of field will allow you to focus on the pen and I agree get rid of the rock:wink:. You could always use the cap as a prop..something like this:

 

[Mark]

Amazing what the software can do for you. V2 came out looking great. Cool Pen either way..