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Old 11-30-2008, 01:18 PM
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I recently finished this knife and its going to be sent out tomorrow.
I have taken some other pics but decided to set up a small softbox....and try to put into effect some of the lessons learnt from here.

I only had two desklights with ordinary small lamps in them 2x 60w
and my small panasonic camera.......I lent my nikon to my daughters boyfriend.

The downside of this was a 1/30 exposure on my tripod which is Im guessing way too long .

Used a lovely bit of wood found on the beach and some crushed granite from the garden.

Comments please.....
and be gentle


The knife is almost 10 inches long
4mm 01 blade
Stabilised red alder root handle
Black micarta bolster
Decorative inlay made from ebony veneer and pewter
Nickel silver pins and lanyard sleeve
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Barry


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Old 01-10-2009, 07:45 PM
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Hi Barry. That is a very interesting looking blade. The only thing that strikes me is there is a slight uneveness in your lighting on the blade, but that is me knit-picking. As a composition, I question the folded paper and the piece of rock.

Besides that, I really love your use of materials for your background. That is a very interesting hunk of wood. Kudos for keeping That. I like how the crushed rock in the background is similar to the colour of the handle material, too. Good eye.

Thanks for sharing.
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Old 01-11-2009, 01:10 AM
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Interesting knife, and beautifully made. Based on comments above I did a bit of fooling around in Photoshop:



Feel free to ignore the frame. I was just curious to see what a gradient underneath the image, using two main colors in the image, would look like. More importantly I focused on bringing out detail in the handle and balancing light vs dark areas of the original to create a more visually balanced picture. It was a nice picture to begin with but the original doesn't really feature the knife in the best perspective - which is to say, if you looked at that knife from every possible angle, which one would show off the knife's best features in the most appealing way. Aiming the tip toward the lower left corner is SOP in knife photography. Alternative orientations can also look good some times and I think it's fine to be creative (once the basics are mastered).


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Old 01-11-2009, 07:48 AM
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Hey, pretty darn cool Photoshopping!
Please help this newbie....what do you mean by "SOP in knife photography?"
Where I work, SOP means Start of Production, and my brain has frozen from seeing any other meaning.
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:07 AM
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Old 01-11-2009, 11:29 AM
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LOL!! That was too easy!

I swear....the blonde streaks are not natural! LOL!
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