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For outdoor shots, I like pictures that make scale models look full size. This one by Holger Matthes is one of my favorites.

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nice it would look better if it had black technic buckets

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I was positive that we would have a galore of great shots :thumbup:! Like everyone who likes Lego and photography, it's a delight to see such nice models so well portrayed. Keep 'em coming!

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And Luke's shot reminded of something. Back in the day of my diecast collections I also was a moderator at what at the time was the internet's biggest 1:18 diecast forum. To make things fun I started a contest where someone would post a close-up shot of a model, showing an important detail of it, and members would have to guess what model that was. The first person to guess would then post a close-up shot of one of his models until someone else guessed what it was. Maybe we could start something similar here? No MOCs allowed of course :grin:.

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I've recently found myself in love with charcoal backdrop.

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Edited by Sariel

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I consider myself a novice compared to many of ya'all, but recently I thoroughly noticed the need to doctor up my photos. I have written and posted more about it here:

http://mocpages.com/moc.php/414606

But briefly, pics are so much better when you doctor them up. To novices, it is a good idea to learn and play with software a bit to improve your photos. Sariel, as well as others have great tutorials in how to do this....

For example, your photos could look like this:

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Or this...

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BIG difference.....

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First of all I'm an amateur photographer, so I do mistakes that I try to improve, in any case, I want to share my experiences.

All pics were taken with a Canon EOS 700d, a 18-135mm lens a tripod and edited with Lightroom.

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In the pics above, I used a black background and 2 softboxes positioned on the sides, one in front of the other, on the floor, slightly pointed upward. I was careful to not illuminate the background, or at least, as little as possible.

The setting was:

Focal lenght: 59mm

Iso:100

f/13

t 0.3

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Here I used a white background and I had to add 2 more lamps, because the background must be illuminated, more or less, double than the subject for be overexposed, and, in this case the subject starts to be a bit too big for my self made studio.

So I used the softboxes to illuminate the background and the two additional lamps for the subject.

The setting was:

Focal lenght: 50mm

Iso:100

f/14

t 1/5

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This pics has a very similar studio set-up to that of the first photo. I just added a glass plate under the subject to give the reflection effects. Alternatively, it's possible to use plexiglass or similar.

The setting was:

Focal lenght: 92mm

Iso:100

f/22

t 1/5

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I've recently found myself in love with charcoal backdrop.

... speaking of charcoal color.... although technically NOT charcoal, but a somewhat similar color, I just love the large panels in flat silver. If TLG already is making some Technic elements in this color, why can't they make a whole set in this color. I would love to see a new supercar in black and flat silver......(sorry for the digression but I wanted to point this out and didn't think it deserved a whole new thread)

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=64392

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I've recently found myself in love with charcoal backdrop.

With a little post process vignetting, very nice!

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:laugh:

Nice pics Polo-Freak!!

But can you resize them? They are too big (max 1024). Thanks

Some photos taken on locations not easy to access :laugh:

Also very nice pics! But also too big.

Can you resize them?

Thanks

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Volvo L350F with Efferman's steering mod, Rock Crusher XT 1.9 tires and quite a few other changes to bring it closer to the real thing.

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Nice pictures guys, the gray background is indeed very nice ! I do not have so much talent at taking cool pics. I think this is one of my best photos taken so far :blush: .

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Nice pictures guys, the gray background is indeed very nice ! I do not have so much talent at taking cool pics. I think this is one of my best photos taken so far :blush: .

In your case, it has nothing to do with lack of talent. It's actually a pretty cool picture, but you lack a proper backdrop and lighting. That's a simple matter of investing some money :sweet:

Or try taking outdoor shots. There are some great examples in this topic.

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Nothing amazing: Unlike the photography seen all over this topic, but I thought it was worth sharing...

Hi. It's better to use Flickr or Bricksafe and embed your images, instead of attaching them. The details are hardly visible this way.

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Sorry Jim. I'm unable to embed the pictures at the moment because I can only do that through a computer/laptop which are both damaged :/ so my previous post was sent through my phone which doesn't allow me to embed or use advanced post features on eurobricks. But here's a link to my brickshelf page, where the picture is more visible: http://www.brickshel...3_31_51_pro.jpg

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Volvo L350F with Efferman's steering mod, Rock Crusher XT 1.9 tires and quite a few other changes to bring it closer to the real thing.

Your image is too large. Can you resize to max 1024 wide?

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