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TOPIC: Photographing blade color ideas.
Photographing blade color ideas. 6 months 3 weeks ago #25821
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Does anyone know of someone using fog and obscuring the light source to try and more accurately capture the color of the light emitted?
Similar to taking photographs at a concert where the light beams from the stage lights come out great and look very similar in the picture as they do to the naked eye as long as you don't capture the actual source as it will blows out your cameras sensors. For example use a fog machine to create a mostly even fog then photograph the light emitted from the blade with the blade obscured by a ledge or 2x4 or something. While it will not make for an exciting saber picture it may more closely capture the color than other methods I have seen. Such as light on the wall or on a furry cover where the blade is so bright it blows out the camera sensors. While I don't have my saber yet I'd like to brainstorm some ideas to try as it is such a common question/issue for photos. |
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Photographing blade color ideas. 6 months 3 weeks ago #25827
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That's a cool idea. Diffusing the light through a medium.
Something close to my own heart is astrophysics and astrophotography. Love seeing an image capture the faint colour of nebulous gases which is really just star light travelling through and being reflected by the gas itself. Interesting idea. Certainly got me thinking of various methods, other than the hue bouncing off walls and so on. |
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Photographing blade color ideas. 6 months 3 weeks ago #25833
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The colors photographed pretty well as is but adding fog would just intensify the aura |
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The light shall burn away the darkness
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Photographing blade color ideas. 6 months 3 weeks ago #25834
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Hi all,
I had posted on some of the now infamous "what colour is..." topics about blade colours. I trained to be a theatrical lighting engineer at college (attending seminars with West End lighting designers). One of the tricks they used to determine colour in the old days was to use a sealed smoke cabinet. Failing that, they would shine a spotlight through a cloud of smoke to produce a beam. The number of variables however are unbelievable, just a few include ambient temperature, moisture content in the air, contaminates like dust, through to power supply, temperature of equipment and vitally the lamp filaments etc, even when using isolation techniques. In the end all colours are "a close approximation" dependent on conditions. Then there's the greatest difference maker, Us, the human element. Artificial standard stage smoke in a still atmosphere would still probably work best as your canvas as it were. Hope this helps For Tyeth |
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Photographing blade color ideas. 6 months 3 weeks ago #25867
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Generally speaking, if you want to get the true color of your saber. I highly suggest using a camera that has the ability to shoot in RAW and then use Lightroom to fine tune things as needed. Generally speaking, the faster the shutter speed... the more accurate the color will be without being blown out by the bloom effect. These are pretty damn bright and will light up a room in total darkness.
Here the link to the pics I took with my Acolyte and Phoenix. Both lit the room up so much in total darkness that I had to up the shutter speed to kill the bloom effect. But in total darkness, when you up the shutter speed, other parts of the photo will be darker. So it's a double edge sword per se. Figure out the general lighting in the area and then adjust your settings accordingly. Shutter speed and ISO settings will be what you'll fiddle with the most. https://saberforgeforum.com/forum/phoenix/1401-phoenix-12w-indigo-viridium ~ TD |
