Yet another '06 RC211V (Konica)

[Twowheelsrule]

Here is a long read about taking good photos in general. http://www.easyphotography.info/tips...tal-camera.htm

I think all you need is one more light on your subject to get rid of the shadows.

Mark

[racer93]

Is the model (or the pics) so bad no one would comment?

Daniel

[baldwinc]

The model is excellent so far, but I think there are not a lot of motorbike readers of this forum.

I am enjoying your work very much.

[joelwideqvist]

Well your last update was just yesterday so I wouldn't start barking just yet...
I think the exhaust weathering looks terrific! Just the right proportion of the different shadings. Fun to hear you noticed that only one of the pipes seems welded together in that way you mention, I have never noticed that...
As for camera settings, first and foremost, try and locate tghe macro setting (usually symbolized by a flower), don't go too close to the object (I take pics from approx 4-5 inches away). Use good lighting (outdoors is good. When looking at some of your pics the object is blurry cause focus is on the background not on the object.
/Joel

[joelwideqvist]

I had a look at your cameras manual, seems pretty straight forward. Set macro mode and be sure auto focus is enabled. From what I can read your camera puts a frame around what's "in focus". Press the shutter button half way and see if the picture is blurry on the screen. If not press all the way.

Most people are talking about the lighting but not why it is important. The digital cameras in general are pretty bad at taking indoor pictures. They are much more sensitive to different kinds of lighting and have a hard time deciding what is white. If the camera think say yellow is white this will have consequenses for the lighting in your pic. To solve this digital cameras work with something called white balance (WB). This feature is most often automatic but can be set to suit different types of lighting or you can even set the balance yourself and thereby telling the camera in what kind of lighting it's operating. I think it is hard to take good indoor pictures without a serious set up of lights and a conform background. So I take my pictures outside in the semishade. I don't take excellent photos but better than inside.

SOmething else that affects the picture is how steady you are. Inside the camera most often need more time to get a good picture than you are able to hold the camera steady, which is about .60 seconds. Try to use a tripod when taking the pics.

I know it's a jungle but there just try different set ups and you'll get the hang of it.

/Joel

[kans0002]

Originally Posted by racer93

Is the model (or the pics) so bad no one would comment?

Daniel

Hey Dan - sorry, for some reason I did not receive an email notification for the new thread postings. Anyways...looks awesome! Keep it up. This definitely puts my version to shame.

[guiwee]

what happened to bike racer93?

[YongGun Park]

WOW...

What a perfect WIP. Great!

[Adam Baker]

You can always build a small photobooth.

There was a tutorial somewhere on the internet, that I found through one of hte modeling forums Im on, but I cant find it.

Anyway, it uses 4 or 5 pieces of foamcore board, depending on how large you make it. You take 2 full pieces for the top & bottom, and then you take 1 piece full length, cut to the height you want the booth to be, and then take the pieces for the sides and cut them to the correct length & height to match the height of the back, and the depth of the top & bottom pieces.

Take these parts, and you can either just carefully tape them together using packing tape, or you can glue them together w/ hot glue.

For light, you use 1 or 2 fluorescent lights that can be found at walmart. Hang them from the top w/ screws through the foamcore board. And your good to go.

Here are pictures of what mine looked like (I dont have it anymore, broke it apart b/c I had to move. I kept the lights though, so I can build another one eventually)





To give you an idea of how pic's w/ this setup came out, these pictures were taken in the booth.





These were also taken w/ the flash on the camera turned on. Having the flash helps, but you have to be careful b/c sometimes it will wash the picture out, so it helps to take 1 picture w/ and 1 picture w/o the flash, and preview them on your computer to see how they turn out, and then take pictures w/ the method that works better.

[kans0002]

Originally Posted by Adam Baker

There was a tutorial somewhere on the internet, that I found through one of hte modeling forums Im on, but I cant find it.

that booth looks like the one on Alex's site, http://www.italianhorses.net/. (I hope he doesn't mind if we post links to his site)

Stuart

[Adam Baker]

Ah, yup. That would be the tutorial that I found somewhere and followed. Thanks for the link, I couldnt find it anywhere.