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Much better, Michael!
May I ask what software allows you to change the background color in that fashion? I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 sooner or later I need to buy the full Photoshop.
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Michael,
I'm with John Dozier in some ways. A 18% neutral gray is easiest on the eyes so that you can focus on the subject. However, if you must have color (gray is not a color, IMO), pick an intensity that would reproduce around the 18% gray if shot in B&W. The specific color then just becomes a matter of tastes. BTW, the white/lightest background makes it difficult for me to focus on the subject as well as a neutral intensity background. The black makes the subject flare a bit, to me.
Solid backgrounds may be a bit plain, but there is no distraction for your eyes, if the pic is for technical identification of features. If artistic presentation is the goal, by all means, go with Thorney's suggestion of natural backgrounds.
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I think that it is a matter of context and purpose. If you want the picture to as clearly as possible show the guns outlines and colours, white or grey is best. Backgrounds with logs, tweed and beautiful game are nice, but it draws the attention away from the gun and puts the emphasis on the lifestyle component. If you want the picture to both express dreams and promises of a luxorious lifestyle and to show the gun clearly, black is the preferred colour.
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Nice photo Michael!
I'm using mostly 18% gray, but do agree, it gets boring.
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Did not say it could not become boring, just that it helped focus the eye on the object, not the background> I have been experimenting with light tents and find they are an easy way to obtain soft, yet detailed photos. You might want to try it. There are some commercially available or you might construct your own from some white cloth (old Parachutes work well). Regards.Dr. Dozier sends
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Yes, Michael that is exactly what I meant. On the first series of images the checkering at 11 oclock on the grip (When looking forward from the rear) or just down the left side from the top tang almost gets lost because the is too little light. This latest image provides greeat detail while not washing out the detail with too much light.
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Michael,
I'm guessing you left all the lighting alone from pic to pic? The exposure variance (small but noticable on the last pic) must have been from the camera auto exposure trying to average?
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I found your color 13 to be the clearest and least intrusive. No glare at all which does some in the white.
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Michael,
I have emailed a jpeg to you. I don't use a photo hosting site, so that's the best I could do. It is a test photo that I just shot using a mottled grey canvas background that I painted myself.
Best regards,
David
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