kevin
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Tell me you were in the service. without saying you were in the service.
"Easy Pickins"
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Really a super build Steve.
Jaw dropping.
Jaw dropping.
Steve Ski
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Ya, I kinda gave that one away, didn't I? Lol!Tell me you were in the service. without saying you were in the service.
Thanks, Peppy, very kind of you
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Weather Delays
I apologize for the final photos not getting posted, the weather has not been a friend this time around. So why the delay, just snap the pics, right?
Photos for this dio must be taken in natural lighting for the best final effect, outside, cloudy mornings. Set up and break down on a base of this size is not an easy task to repeat every time there is an interruption. I need clam early morning cloud cover, or fog, and those days are dwindling fast this year, with the forecast not being very useful at all. If it's not cloud breaks hitting suddenly, camera white balance inoperability, sudden wind gusts, or even sprinkling, it's the temperature.
To cover a dio this size I usually end up with 50-60 photos or more at the 22-20 aperture range, but I will include 18 to gather more light, but I will also lose some focus. It's a crap shoot, but can't be helped. I hate white washed pics, so I am trying to avoid that.
At any rate, 13yrs to completion, what's another month or two for photos, right? So, after three attempts I was able to get six photos. Yep, just six, and here's a teaser for ya. The rest will happen when the weather cooperates.
Thank you for your patience, I will get this done soon, I hope. Cheers, Ski.
I apologize for the final photos not getting posted, the weather has not been a friend this time around. So why the delay, just snap the pics, right?
Photos for this dio must be taken in natural lighting for the best final effect, outside, cloudy mornings. Set up and break down on a base of this size is not an easy task to repeat every time there is an interruption. I need clam early morning cloud cover, or fog, and those days are dwindling fast this year, with the forecast not being very useful at all. If it's not cloud breaks hitting suddenly, camera white balance inoperability, sudden wind gusts, or even sprinkling, it's the temperature.
To cover a dio this size I usually end up with 50-60 photos or more at the 22-20 aperture range, but I will include 18 to gather more light, but I will also lose some focus. It's a crap shoot, but can't be helped. I hate white washed pics, so I am trying to avoid that.
At any rate, 13yrs to completion, what's another month or two for photos, right? So, after three attempts I was able to get six photos. Yep, just six, and here's a teaser for ya. The rest will happen when the weather cooperates.
Thank you for your patience, I will get this done soon, I hope. Cheers, Ski.
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... nothing easy about your picking!
Looks like a promo shot from a motion picture...
What you need and deserve is one of these:
On the more technical side, you've said you play to the camera.
If you know that you will be photographing in certain light conditions, how do you decide how much light and shadow to apply with paint, or does it matter?
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Thanks, Barley, but the lighting crew has considerable seniority over me, HA! Yes, the camera is one to be played to, for sure.
Painting shadows; Wow, I haven't thought about that in ages, it's muscle memory for me, I recon. I'm gonna fall back on Shep Paines lessons for painting shadows on figures from my early days. That is where I refined my basic skill for it, and have never really veered from it. Those old magazines are treasures.
