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Demonike
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Message posted at 12/05/2004, 09:41:44 AM by Demonike - member is an admin |
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One thing I learned the hard way - painstakingly clean your objects from dust and fingerprints prior to shooting them up close. It is by far easier to do this beforehand, than in Photoshop afterwards! :)
As you see only a tiny picture in the viewfinder all those nasty particles show up when zooming 1:1 to the file afterwards. And then it may take hours to clean it up properly. I've done it, several times :)))
Be wiser than me! |
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Achilles
3380 posts
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Message posted at 12/05/2004, 11:32:26 AM by Achilles - member is an admin |
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Very good advice.
Think that the product you shoot could be featured in an advertisement about itself. A car manufacturer will design a custom setup for shooting each of their cars, make sure the glass, plastic and metal are absolutely clean, ....a laptop is 101% free of any dust particles, even polished a little more with some special solutions.
Doesn't matter if you shoot macros or people in front of computers, the equipment should be 100% clean and in perfect condition. It also needs to be up to latest trends, nobody wants to buy the 14' dirty and yellow monitor, we all have in the basement :)
Dust is surely more visible in macros and might even attract a refusal because of this. Again very good advice, the best part is that you get a clean real item too, not just the picture of a clean item :))) |
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Nikon D300 / Nikon N80 | Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fishey...
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Fotoeye75
407 posts
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Message posted at 12/05/2004, 17:46:14 PM by Fotoeye75 |
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yeah I've had a couple items that I cleaned and shot .. tons of dust .. cleaned again .. even more dust .. objects held to much static and no bounce cloths on hand so I just moved on to something else.
Those 14" monitors make excellent fish tanks. :)~ .. and just for the record if anyone is bored enough to make one, toss a fish in and upload a photo of it .. I want half your sales if it ends up make a ton of cash. LOL |
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Nikon D200 .. Nikon D50 .. various nikkors.. Photoshop CS3 ....
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Photographer1773
43 posts
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Message posted at 12/13/2004, 16:12:10 PM by Photographer1773 |
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I ran headlong into that wall, myself, more than once. In fact that's what inspired me to shoot the featherduster - I was using it to clean off my backdrop and foamboards constanrly, and it struck me how I could shoot it, too.
But I have seen fifteen minutes spent cleaning a small section of something can make it just as dirty in another direction! It's amazing. Macro shots require brand new subjects, and polished too. |
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Canon 10D digital body, Canon Elan 7E film body
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Demonike
478 posts
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Message posted at 12/13/2004, 16:50:25 PM by Demonike - member is an admin |
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Another tip from my experience - get a small handheld vacuum cleaner. The dust won't just swith patches, but stay put in the bag! You're correct about the subjects having to be new though... But I can't always go and buy stuff just to make pic out of it (yet) :(
So, the bottom line - clean what you already have, but clean it well! |
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Tmcnem
35 posts
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Message posted at 12/14/2004, 16:06:45 PM by Tmcnem |
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To all of the above I would add a lint roller for fabrics and canned air for the objects and foam board. |
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Canon 20d
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Mckown
319 posts
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Message posted at 12/14/2004, 17:13:15 PM by Mckown |
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I havent had a lint roler around so I use masking or even better duct tape. Either works well to remove lint, dust, hair, ect. |
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Canon D20, Canon 28-200 - Canon 24-105 IS f4L
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