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Offline Rasputin

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Indoor Pictures of woods
« on: February 12, 2010, 05:58:46 »
Hello

I have a hard time with indoor photos and have been trying to learn by watching Martins and Tims great jungle adventure story unfold. Tim showed many great techniques on the set of that story from behind the scenes and I have been taking notes. This is what I came up with so far and I do hope to learn a lot more from them  :wow:



Thank you Martin and Tim  :**:
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2010, 06:20:45 »
Hey Ras, did you use the roll of light blue bulletin board paper for the grey sky  ???? Excellent scene photography  :)9!
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2010, 13:54:48 »



WOW! That's a great scene and photo, Ras! ...  :wow:

Without the railroad tracks, it could be anywhere, and anytime, in North America.

At first, I saw some northeastern Indians hiding in wait to pounce upon an unsuspecting family of English settlers.

Then, I saw a small farm in North Carolina.

And, finally a peaceful little home in the Oregon woods.

I love it! ...  :love:

Thanks for sharing.

All the best,
Richard

 
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2010, 16:03:38 »
Quote from: Bill Blackhurst on February 12, 2010, 06:20:45
Hey Ras, did you use the roll of light blue bulletin board paper for the grey sky  ???? Excellent scene photography  :)9!

Hi Bill

I purchased a 50' roll of light blue paper from a school supply store. I think it is 4' wide . It was only $20 and I also bought a smaller roll  of one that had very light clouds on it that I will also try. The cloud one was a smaller roll and if it works I will order the 50'er .

Thanks for the compliment, but I am still learning

Quote from: Richard on February 12, 2010, 13:54:48


WOW! That's a great scene and photo, Ras! ...  :wow:

Without the railroad tracks, it could be anywhere, and anytime, in North America.

At first, I saw some northeastern Indians hiding in wait to pounce upon an unsuspecting family of English settlers.

Then, I saw a small farm in North Carolina.

And, finally a peaceful little home in the Oregon woods.

I love it! ...  :love:

Thanks for sharing.

All the best,
Richard

Hi Richard

Thank you for the kind words. The track is there due to a story I am going to do so I am trying to get the camera angles just right. At first the camera flash kept catching on the brass and giving the picture a shinny spot. I have a lot to learn

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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2010, 17:30:26 »
Look's OK to me, Ras.  Either you don't have as much to learn as you think or you're learning pretty well fast. 

That info on the backdrop is interesting, and I shall see if I can find anything like that over here.
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2010, 19:13:09 »
Hi Gordon

The learning part for me is how to program the digital camera and get acceptable lighting. If you use a flash the shadows show up on the blue paper. There is an art to proper lighting and I have the "Frustrated Artist Syndrome". I still need to go buy the fireproof paper used to defuse light and such. I have dozens of shots that were not good enough and look like these examples where you can see the truer color of the paper & how I attached it. I used all but a few feet of the roll.





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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2010, 19:19:15 »
That's quite an impressive scene you've made Rasputin, and the backdrop works well :)9
BTW, is that man drunk or something :hmm:
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2010, 19:37:32 »
Quote from: flatcat on February 12, 2010, 19:19:15
That's quite an impressive scene you've made Rasputin, and the backdrop works well :)9
BTW, is that man drunk or something :hmm:

Hi Flatcat

No thats just my avatar taking a nap from moving all the micro-Playmobil to this new location

Thanks for the comments
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2010, 20:18:24 »
Try having a separate lamp above and slightly in front of the background shining downwards.  This may stop the shadows problem.
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Re: Indoor Pictures of woods
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2010, 20:50:00 »
Quote from: Rasputin on February 12, 2010, 19:37:32

No thats just my avatar taking a nap from moving all the micro-Playmobil to this new location 
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