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(...) Actually my "more accurate rendering" was done with pencil and paper. I suppose I could scan it. As for astronomical accuracy, I just thought somewhere in the back of my mind that the lit spot on the planet was somehow different from the way (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Actually Dan, I've been taking the Jassim Starfield (and Galaxy) tutorial and have been more than pleased with the resulting galactic backdrops. It's saved me scouring the 'Net and stealing other people's images. Thanks kindly, Teach! Cheers, -G (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thank you for your suggestions. I was trying to keep this recipe as basic as possible--sort of an intro for those who haven't tried this. Thus, that particular picture was not an exercise in astronomical accuracy but more for simply using the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Jassim writes: ... (...) . . . (...) looks wrong. The lit spot is too small, unless the star is tiny, and practically on top of the planet. Perhaps you need to drag the gradient circle just a bit further if you start at the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Greetings! Here's a simple starfield recipe for Photoshop: - Make a new document, 720 X 480 pixels, 300 dpi, Mode: Grayscale - Go to your Tool Palette and grab your Paint Bucket tool and fill the canvas with black - Go to Filter, then Texture, then (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I've had some success with using very dark backgrounds, and letting the camera make adjustments. I have a picture of three images of the same largely black thing, using the same lighting, at (URL) with a off-white background, a navy blue (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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From the tone of Todd's replies, it sounds like he knows how to photograph Lego bricks. This is good, I need to talk to you at BrickFest, Todd. My attemtps to document my creations photographically with the inevitable digital camera have been (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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My opinions have largely been stated already, but... (...) Yes. (...) No. (...) Fine. (...) Are you looking at discomfort when flashed in my eyes or damage to the brick due to repeat strobe exposure? I hate being "flashed" unexpectedly. And I doubt (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Todd, As you can see from my Brickshelf directory from last years' Brickfest ( (URL) ) I took alot of pictures at the event. I tried to get every model, but I'm sure that I missed some. I also tried to take pictures of as many of the attendees and (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.publish.photography)
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