Friday 17 July 2015

CASE-2X Portraits



This was going to be a post about taking pictures, and how to up you game, but my game is so good that even when trying to show the problems I failed to produce pictures that were significantly lacking in depth of field.  As a result I went off and had another go and producing the images I needed and found I had written the basics for a short article.  I talked to Henry Hyde and he said go for it, so rather than appearing here my article on upping one's photographic game will be sent to Miniature Wargames & Battlegames magazine.

So what you see here instead are some nice portrait shots of my Bad Dog CASE-2X mecha on a piece of my terrain.  And the first close-up is of Lt Tachikoma's CASE-2XC.


And below is the close-up is of LCpl Kowalski's CASE-2X.

 
Before I finish I just want to show you all a side-by-side comparison of two shots.  The one on the left is a single frame, and the one on the right is made from a stack of images.  One can just about tell the difference in the quality between the two methods of taking a picture.  You'll all have to trust me when I say the image on the right is sharper.


This really is a case of one can't see the difference unless one is looking at the hi-res images on one's monitor, and know what you're looking at, because I'm reaching the pixel resolution of my screen.
  

9 comments:

  1. Splendid colors and great details!

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    1. Thank you for saying so. It only goes to show that taking a photo against a nice background can also do wonders for one's work.

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  2. Durn, you're going to get me to buy the magazine at this rate. I admit I find the pink antenna a bit odd Taking multiple shots and compositing? I'm surprised that's worth doing, but the effect is certainly noticeable at high resolution…

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    1. Not pink, it's red, but it only goes to show that monitors change colours.

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    1. Thank you fr saying so John. I had my doubts, and this is a difficult colour combination to pull off, but what's life without some challenges?

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  4. While it isn't obvious with a casual glance IMO, the image on the right is sharper with a closer purposeful look. In any case, the minis look nice in both.

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    1. Thank you. Matching the colours on the next six I have on my workbench is proving to be harder than I imagined.

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