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(...) Is there a way to gamma correct your pix to pick up some of the subtleties? -Tom McD. (hoping it ain't my monitor...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I can sympathize with Patrick. Taking pictures of black models sucks. Getting sufficient light to capture detail, without being too harsh is frustrating. And it seems no amount of gamma tweaking or contrast/brightness adjustments does any (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) What really bites is if the majority of your Lego collection is black, as mine is... I just rationalize it by saying that it adds to the "mystique" of the model. (...) That's a photo? Nah, it's a rendering, right? That's *really* a photo? Nice (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks, I got the idea of using a big mirror from those car shows where they put mirrors underneath to show off detail. The clouds were an unexpected bonus. :-) To bad most of the pictures turned out so bad. (...) Well yeah, when was the last (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) you know, it's funny how that works out. when i disassembled the majority of my sets a few years ago and sorted the pieces into colors, the black pieces were the most abundant. and of the smaller plates and bricks, the black pieces had the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yet another reason to get a digital camera. I take pics of black models with both the flash on and off, at slightly different angles, and take WAY too many pics, then look at them on my laptop to decide which to keep, throwing out over half of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) --snipped-- (...) tom's hit the nail on the head here. just the right shutter speeds, aperatures, and additional well-placed lighting could probably bring out the best of a black model, though this can be a pain for someone that just wants to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Quiet! You'll get Todd going (again). Newsgroups everywhere! Besides, there's already lugnet.publish. Its charter includes photography techniques. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) "lugnet.display.photography") (...) oops! right you are, sorry about that. ..jg (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I keep saying to myself that I need to invest in some fill lights and spectrum corrective filters for the camera.(1) Which would be useful for digital photography as well. Controlled lighting is the key to getting consistently good pictures. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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