More diecast photos

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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There's more to come. I have to run to the store to get some more supplies, but here's a few I've taken this morning. I got my Blue GT500E in. It will be coming out of the box. Stay tuned.

 

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kooldawg6

mine works really well and can take a fair amount

Aug 31, 2006

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Dec 15, 2007

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• Dec 15, 2007

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I know what I may be doing in January... Nice pics Dark

 

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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Ok. Made a few modifications to the light box to get better light and have less post-processing work to do. It worked very well. Narrowed my photoshoot down to 12 favorites, lol. Also put my Carroll Shelby 1:18 figure from GMP in some of the pics. More photos to come later tonight and tomorrow...









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DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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Dec 15, 2007

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Oh, and it appears the signature is printed. I figured as much, for the price. But it's still a great color, and this one seems to have more detail and better quality features than the other 1:18's I have from CS Collectibles.

 

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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And more...

 

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fobra559

At least it's more erect and not floppy anymore.

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Dec 15, 2007

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Very nice Love all of them. Especially Eleanor

 

kooldawg6

mine works really well and can take a fair amount

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Dec 16, 2007

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• Dec 16, 2007

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On your original post about the GT500E, I wasn't aware it was 1:18. I was thinking it was 1:24. That makes it a better price yet

Are you using macro with manual focus to blur the remaining picture?

 

Jenns01TA

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micro shots ftw...

Nice work Dark.

 

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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Dec 16, 2007

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Thanks guys.

These shots were all with my Sigma 18-50mm. They were taken with an aperture of about 7.1. I have a bit of dust in my cam, and any aperture (physcially) smaller than 9 starts to show the dust. I made a few changes to my lightbox, and I think it helped a lot. I'll take a picture of my setup today.

 

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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Dec 16, 2007

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Ok, so here's a shot of my lightbox setup. Don't mind the ironing board. Just temporary. Basically, I've got 5 pieces of whiteboard from the craftstore. I've got 1 desk clamp light and 2 spot lights, all using 60 watt full spectrum bulbs. Initially, that's all I had, and I had the lights clamped to the side, pointing up, and reflecting the light down. (thus, the cut outs on the sides) The light was inconsistent, so I made a cutout on each end, and one on top, and put my lights outside. This works much better. I put tracing paper over the holes to diffuse the light, though thin printer paper, tissue paper, or a sheet works, too. Then I was tired of seeing the seam on the back, and also having the contrast between the floor and wall, so I bought a piece of poster board. I only went to K-Mart, and they just had white, but I plan on buying a few different colors, inlcuding black. One more tip, stay out of the auto mode. Go down to the aperture priority mode. Set your aperture, and the camera will automatically select the speed (though, I've been bumping the exposure up a few notches to get a more true white color and better exposure on the object.. just experiment). Also, make sure you do a customer white balance. Just click a picture of the white background. Then go to white balance and change to custom. Go down to custom white balance, and select your picture you just took. That'll give you the best color. Finally, make sure all lights are using the same bulbs, unless you're going to cast some color in there. Otherwise, the shot won't come out well.

 

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fobra559

At least it's more erect and not floppy anymore.

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Dec 16, 2007

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Nice setting Hows the website going btw? Are these die-cast pics on there

 

DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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Dec 16, 2007

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Thanks. Haven't updated with any of these photos, but I will be shortly. I'm going to make an art gallery section. Right now it's all on my flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkfiregt

I also may make a wallpaper section, where you can download some of my favorite wallpapers I've made.

 

fobra559

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Dec 16, 2007

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Sweet. Love the Eleanor from Gone in 60 seconds. One of my all time favorites

 

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Dec 16, 2007

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• Dec 16, 2007

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Those are fantastic pics, Some are almost so real.

 

kooldawg6

mine works really well and can take a fair amount

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Dec 17, 2007

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• Dec 17, 2007

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Awesome pics...again Also thanks for the lightbox and photo tips

 

fobra559

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Dec 17, 2007

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• Dec 17, 2007

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kooldawg6 said:

Awesome pics...again Also thanks for the lightbox and photo tips

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Don't forget to post your die-casts up later when you finish them

 

Frank S

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Excellent work, and nice models. Thanks for the opportunity to see them.