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(...) Eh, no biggie. I gave it a try. I was taking pictures of some other stuff anyway. My photography skills are fledgling at best. (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears Michlug - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks Bobby. I got Mavica FD87. I like it, but I still yearn for that manual focus. I haven't figured out how to best take extreme closeups yet. (people in .publish.photography, any help here?) (...) Yeah, this is a far cry from your usual 2 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks for the info Hops! I had missed the link since I navigated to the group via the tree-view menu, which put me right in the sub-group, and thus passed by the root group of lugnet.publish -which is where the helpful links are shown on the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) How is it that you end up posting in the correct newsgroup but do not see the link to this page: (URL) you are accessing this information via something other than the webpage, but the webpage has several links running down the left side of the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Hey, Woo-hoo! I found the right newsgroup for my inquiries! And I see by looking around my questions on lighting and camera types have been discussed already. Thanks! One topic remains, which I do not see discussed formerly... Photo Manipulation. By (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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DEFINATELY get a macro lens camera. Your lego shots will be much better. I use one for all my Lego on eBay etc and believe me it makes a difference. Richard. "Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:sandlin-A3AB82....net.com... (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Not necessarily. Here's a Nikon you can afford: (URL) recommend it because it has a 1.6 inch focus range (i.e. you can get within 1.6 inches of the subject and retain focus) Good for photo'ing LEGO! :^) (...) Macro lets you focus when your (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) that (...) I'd (...) ......... I'm in a similar predicament. "Which camera ?" "Other stuff" - well, maybe sometimes. * But it's important to me to be able to do some lego close-ups. Can someone point to some specific cameras (which have the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Definitely. It's also good to have one that takes good pictures in low light, since you want to avoid using a flash with lego. (Too shiny.) Check out (URL) for good digital camera reviews. (24 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Well Geordan, Jordan needs help on this perplexing problem as well. =) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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"Shaun Sullivan" <Shaun_sullivan@irco.com> wrote in message news:GL3r2q.BEF@lugnet.com... (...) into (...) until (...) same, (...) law (...) Toshiba is (...) taken (...) Well, I don't know about the M61, but I'm now the proud owner of the M65. It's (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Thanks for the tips, Fiddled around in Image composer and came up with this, I used the pick points and cut thing, it didn't take too long, but everytime I'd get what I wanted with the magic wand, and I'd click cutout, it wouldn't cut out, just go (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks again, -Geordan- (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks Dave! I'll definitely keep that in mind next time I post pictures, the graininess was already there though on the original photo, I think I figured out how to fix that though. :-) (...) Thanks again! -Geordan- (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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my two studs: outside natural sunlight is the best. don't underestimate cloudy/overcast days though. overcast days are ideal conditions for photographing artwork for slides so it my work for lego models (i don't see why not). give them both a try (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) One final thing you might try (and again, Photoshop works wonders here) is adjusting the levels on your pics. I did this to the two pictures you highlighted above and there was a remarkable difference. Even using 'auto levels' in Photoshop (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hehe, your welcome. Good luck! --Kyle (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hey Kyle! thanks for the lengthly and very helpful response. :-) I've got a Kodak Dc 265, I think it's pretty good, :-) (...) Ok i'll, try that next time I take some pics, thanks... (...) Wow! Thankyou so much! I'll try experimenting with (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks so much Joel! We have so many cloudy days here in Vancouver, It's harder to find a needle in a haystack than find a positive weather report. ;-) So it should be easy to find a cloudy day. :-) (...) Wow! thank you so much! your answer (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Woot, I got two nods! :-) Well the first and foremost thing is you need a decent camera, which it looks like you do from the pics. I have a Sony Cybershot S-30, which is by no means top of the line, but it gets the job done. As far as lighting, I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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