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revdan
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:24 pm
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Please scroll down for images...
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hospitalera
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revdan
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:06 pm
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OK, thanks for the tip. |
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kenny123
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Location: Masterton,Wairarapa, New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:13 pm
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Poor lighting-nothing is in sharp focus-Regards, Ken |
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hospitalera
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:20 pm
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And LCV- limited commercial value, what are they meant to sell? SY |
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graphicphoto
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Location: In your brain, stealing your ideas!
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:22 pm
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Can't add too much more than what has been said... |
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revdan
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:24 pm
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I'm into textures, I am a designer also and need them and use them alot and know quite a few others that do too. Like using rust for a grunge effect etc. I guess thats what I'm going for... |
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digigandalf
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:53 pm
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Good background textures are a little more difficult to shoot than you might think. Generally they need to be uniformly in focus across the whole image area and shouldn't have extraneous elements. There are exceptions, but that seems to be what they look for.
Of your images above the one with the best chance in my opinion would be the yellow paint on blue, but the focus isn't quite there, and it's washed out at the upper left. |
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mauijon
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Location: Maui, Hawaii
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:21 pm
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The first one (hifi): the panel has dirty spots, the knobs are grungy and the brass finish on the knobs is turning color--not to mention the focus problem. |
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revdan
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:45 pm
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| mauijon wrote: | | The first one (hifi): the panel has dirty spots, the knobs are grungy and the brass finish on the knobs is turning color--not to mention the focus problem. |
hmm, ok, I understand the focus I think, but I was focusing on 1 knob. but as far as what you say about the subject, it's at 50+ year old stereo and that's why I like it as a subject, not because it's clean and pretty...
I just wonder, how many here are designers as well as photographers? |
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veinglory
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:52 pm
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Textures need to have some uniformity of lighting and focus. |
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revdan
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:58 pm
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| veinglory wrote: | | Textures need to have some uniformity of lighting and focus. |
anyone know of tips as to how to achieve this? esp. in the field? |
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pharm
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Location: Never quite sure
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:01 pm
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| revdan wrote: | | veinglory wrote: | | Textures need to have some uniformity of lighting and focus. |
anyone know of tips as to how to achieve this? esp. in the field? |
1. NEVER use an on-camera flash. (Will ALWAYS
make your shot look like a "snapshot")
2. NEVER use a flash off camera that isn't
softened in some way.
3. Natural light, possibly with a reflector
underneath or to the side if necessary to
balance the light.
4. Make sure the plane of the sensor is
parallel to the plane of the subject, then
manually focus or autofocus in the center of the
subject. In other words, make sure your camera
isn't pointing slightly upwards/downwards or
to either side. ("Flat on, so to speak")
5. Use an aperture of about f/8 or so.
6. Use a tripod.
This isn't a GREAT shot, but I shot it outside with
natural light only (cloudy day), no reflector.
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davidcrehner
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:02 pm
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All excellent suggestions. In Perry's (Pharm's) post, under number 4, I think he means parallel instead of perpendicular, though. |
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kenny123
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:53 pm
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| davidcrehner wrote: | | All excellent suggestions. In Perry's (Pharm's) post, under number 4, I think he means parallel instead of perpendicular, though. |
David, I believe Perry is right-except for centre focusing icon in viewfinder- which has vertical and horizontal stripes as a cross-all peripheral icons either have vertical or horizontal stripes of focusing sensors,and to use auto-focus with a peripheral icon,you must be perpendicular to that row of sensors,or auto focus doesn't work. See www.cambridgeincolour.com -tutorials Understanding autofocus
Regards, Ken |
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