tips for photos
Anyone have tips for taking proper photos? I'm not referring to uploading but the actual picture taking. A digital camera has hundreds of factors involved in getting a good close up photo. Can someone provide some general pointers for taking a high resolution close up picture?
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If you have not yet bought check them out in the store for close-up ability. Some in auto mode will focus very closely, others require you to go into manual and select distance. Nearly all allow you to select resolution, increasing this will give you sharper images. Good images are not entirely due to the camera, your computers' image software allows you to zoom in crop and increase the sharpness. With the correct software and skill you can take a pic of a rifle from 6ft away and produce an image of the screws in high details using your computer. When you get up close with your camera lighting becomes an issue because you crowd over the subject and the cameras flash is unsuitable. Extra side illumination helps. 0 -
1. Decent camera. You don't need a multizillion dollar camera, but something with at least a few megapixels of resolution is helpful (ie not a webcam or cheapo camera). Macro lens/capability is helpful to take pictures of details (like inscriptions, close ups of defects on guns finish, etc).
2. Clean neutral background.
3. Proper lighting. Direct lighting can make glare. So ideally you'll want lighting on top but slightly off to one side, or even better, BOTH sides. If you *really* want professional shots, you can construct a light-box in which to place your "subject"
4. Tripod for camera, or at least a steady rest to lean it against when shooting.0 -
All good suggestions so far. I've found that manual focus AND tripod are particularly helpful. Also an appropriate background: too light, and your camera can get fooled into making dark images, and if too dark, auto exposure will tend to give you washed out items. I've had good luck with a medium gray cloth. 0 -
It's all been said but here's what works for me.
A good camera with at least a macro setting. Super macro can be nice for real details. Mine is a $300 Olympus Stylus. Good lighting like described above. Light boxes can be made or bought for smaller items. They defuse the light and pretty much eliminate glare and shadows. A tripod of some sort. For me, using macro or super macro I can't get a clear picture if I'm just holding the camera Check out this thread to see what my little camera can do. The lens is less than an inch from the muzzle and it's set on super macro.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4414350 -
Ref: lighting...Bulletproof technique is outdoors/daylight/open shade.
Place the gun on a picnic table, or sumsuch with the sun on the opposite side of the house from the photo-shoot.
The gentle light-flooding will make you look like a pro! Joe0 -
Use Macro mode. If needed, stand back a little, and use the zoom to eliminate flash glare. Natural light is best though. Use a steady rest, like a tri-pod, if you have one. A high back chair will work, if you don't. Take several pictures of one spot, and edit out the bad ones. It is not unusual for me to take 80-100 pictures, and sometimes more. Try different angles. When taking proof marks, model, caliber, and address lines, get as close as you can get focused...especially if there is a concern of originality. One can actually see metal displacement of original work. Take pictures on the highest resolution you have.
The camera I use is a Cannon Power Shot SD1100IS, 8 megapixel. It is the same size as a pack of cigarette's.
Thats about all I have.
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I'm with Joe, outside in good light, there is no substitute.
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