Let's See Some Cool Stuff 2014 Third Party Edition **Rules in First Post**

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  1. daimchoc, Oct 18, 2014
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    Use some fluorescent lighting instead.
     
  2. XxsnipersnakexX, Oct 18, 2014
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  3. Kuma Style, Oct 18, 2014
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    Great pictures!
     
  4. Acesan, Oct 18, 2014
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    You might need to disperse that light - looks a bit strong such that it's glaring off the plastic.

    Also don't forget to reset white balance:) 
     
  5. Dr. Killinger, Oct 18, 2014
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  6. XxsnipersnakexX, Oct 18, 2014
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    thanks man!
     
  7. Dr. Killinger, Oct 18, 2014
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  8. evers, Oct 19, 2014
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    seriously we need a remold lol it looks even better as leo prime
    FYI that Orion seems almost famous and very familiar now lol
     
  9. LazyAza, Oct 19, 2014
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    Yep the LED lamp I bought isn't any good for what I"m trying to do I've realized, though it might have some special case uses in the future. So I'm going to get another regular lamp at a later date.

    My camera seems to kinda suck as far as white balance goes, I either get fuzzy dark out of focus distorted pictures when I set it to fluorescent mode or I get the flickering screen effect when I set it to normal. I dunno how to fix that so I need to replace my older fluorescent with a less bright/less focused non fluorescent I think.
     
  10. archieboy, Oct 19, 2014
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    This gif was automatically created by Google+ from my backup photos.

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  11. ORIO, Oct 19, 2014
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    I need MOAR Fansproject Dinobots. This guy is tits.

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  12. Razor24, Oct 19, 2014
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    So I set up my very first lightbox today (one of them 60cm cube kits with 3 lights from eBay).

    I took a few shots (messing around with ISO, and custom white balance) and this was the only 'reasonable' macro shot I got so far...

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    Any suggestions on how to improve the shot would be much appreciated. In particular I can't seem to work out what shutter speed and aperture I should be using...

    Oh and anyone with suggestions on how to smooth out them damn non-reflective backdrops please share as well. I spent 20min steam ironing that under a tea towel and it still looks like ass... :sly: 
     
  13. deaculpa, Oct 19, 2014
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    Not bad. It takes time, not a bad shot. Can you flatten that background with an iron or something?
     
  14. dedguy, Oct 19, 2014
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    If you use a lower ƒ-stop (somewhere in the 4s or 5s) the background should be blurry enough it doesn't matter if it's wrinkly.
     
  15. trence5, Oct 19, 2014
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    wasn't able to get the diaclone colored version yet.

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    Galvatron/Mania King and Tinytron/Little(crazy) King:D 
     
  16. TCracker, Oct 19, 2014
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  17. hardreturn, Oct 19, 2014
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  18. offrampclimber, Oct 19, 2014
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    Ah hah! That's what those blue dots on his chest are. :) 
     
  19. Acesan, Oct 19, 2014
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    If you get a DSLR, you can use custom white balance ( that's where I take a picture of a white piece of paper under the lighting conditions I'm shooting in and calibrate WB to that). Or you can buy one of those white balance caps.

    That made the most difference to my photography. Don't use pre-set white balances - most look like crap as you found...
     
  20. hardreturn, Oct 19, 2014
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    you can also shoot in RAW and worry about the white balance after the fact.
     
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