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04/29/2005 10:07:53 AM · #1 |
Bought AlienBees 800 and 400, started as a newbie....
Feel it is really hard to control the light and make the object look great.. Long way to go, need more exercises to imporve my skill.
The followings are two test shots. The first one is without any editing. The second one is sharpen in PS.
I thought I got a pretty good lens, EF 28-105 USM II, but why the picture is still not as sharp as compare to other people's shot?
//www.lookatchina.com/web_en/phpBB2/download.php?id=2316
//www.lookatchina.com/web_en/phpBB2/download.php?id=2317
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04/29/2005 10:08:59 AM · #2 |
I like the light i think you did a good job
Message edited by author 2005-04-29 10:11:19.
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04/29/2005 10:11:19 AM · #3 |
I'm in no way an expert but these look great too me althogh the angle on the top on makes it feel like it's upside down but a great picture and lighting all around. Good job
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04/29/2005 10:18:18 AM · #4 |
| Those are great first time shots. Maybe make the lighting more even in the shot..have a light on both sides of the watch and mess with your exposure. The dof is great! |
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04/29/2005 10:18:54 AM · #5 |
i too am not an expert but i sharpened the photo twice in photoshop and it looks better...i have the same problem with all my photos too.
edit:spelling..i just hate it when my fingers get ahead of my brain~
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Message edited by author 2005-04-29 12:20:19.
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04/29/2005 10:25:32 AM · #6 |
| I think you did very well considering you're just starting out with lighting. It really takes practice. I am still learning lighting and the more classes I take, the more I realize how much I need to learn. |
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04/29/2005 11:07:36 AM · #7 |
| One thing to try is in Photoshop increase pixels from 72 to 600+ with bicubic smooth. Then run whatever noise removing package you have with all levels dealing with noise reduction to maximum. Set to 72 bicubic smooth again to reduce photo. The work from there. |
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04/29/2005 11:31:14 AM · #8 |
I think the lighting is really great. The first picture is not bad at all for a picture that had no post-processing. I agree with Scott though, the watch looks up side down. I think the pin (the thing we use to adjust the watch ** excuse me, but english is not my main language ... much more comfortable in french ** ) should be positionned on the top rather than on the bottom.
Continue to practice you will do very well ! |
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04/29/2005 11:49:33 AM · #9 |
Thanks, guys! I appreciate all the comments!
I guess I must expect too much for a start out ....
And I agree, the more I play around with the light, the more I feel I need to learn .... But it is fun!!
I think my problem is I always wish I could take the picture sharp enough without requesting any PS work. Then, I was just talking with my friend, he said actually he read an article saying if you are shooting using raw format you suppose to do the PS work on the photo and do not expect the original raw photo is as near perfect, because it all depends on your camera, especially your lens...
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04/29/2005 12:29:05 PM · #10 |
A little more USM:
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04/29/2005 12:36:36 PM · #11 |
good crisp sharpness now....real nice work. now u wanna teach me about how to do studio shots? ;)
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04/29/2005 12:51:38 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by LouiseB:
I think the lighting is really great. The first picture is not bad at all for a picture that had no post-processing. I agree with Scott though, the watch looks up side down. I think the pin (the thing we use to adjust the watch ** excuse me, but english is not my main language ... much more comfortable in french ** ) should be positionned on the top rather than on the bottom.
Continue to practice you will do very well ! |
This was the first thing I noticed as well. Turning it so the "pin" was up would also turn the printing on the face of the watch so that you could read it right side up. Sometimes we concentrate so hard on the techincal stuff we don't see little things right in front of us. But otherwise, great shot! |
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04/29/2005 12:57:58 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by ClickNSee:
Originally posted by LouiseB:
I think the lighting is really great. The first picture is not bad at all for a picture that had no post-processing. I agree with Scott though, the watch looks up side down. I think the pin (the thing we use to adjust the watch ** excuse me, but english is not my main language ... much more comfortable in french ** ) should be positionned on the top rather than on the bottom.
Continue to practice you will do very well ! |
This was the first thing I noticed as well. Turning it so the "pin" was up would also turn the printing on the face of the watch so that you could read it right side up. Sometimes we concentrate so hard on the techincal stuff we don't see little things right in front of us. But otherwise, great shot! |
my first "studio" shot for RPS challenge (which bombed) was like that...i never once notice the lint untill it was brought to my attention during the challenge. i was so busy setting the shot up and processing it that i missed the lint totally!
*smack forehead...lint!...details..details*
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04/29/2005 01:07:26 PM · #14 |
American Cinematographer Mag. is a great source for some clues on lighting;
//www.theasc.com/magazine/
nice job however.
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