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Hi guys

I made a DIY lightbox this week:post-38116-0-91451400-1360770893_thumb.j post-38116-0-89855400-1360770939_thumb.j

and took some shots for a simple bifold wallet i have done up.

I then used the GIMP program to brighten the photos up, and you can see the final pictures here:

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Let me know what you guys think? Im rather new to photography and appreciate all your feedback :)

Jacob

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Very nice Jacob - photos look great! I need to build one as well - my first attempt was way too big, so I never want to mess with it - too much trouble to setup. I downloaded one of your images and looked at the camera settings. It says you had an ISO of 800, and an f-stop of f/4. Since you're shooting from a tripod, give manual mode a try. I suggest you lower the ISO to as low as your camera will go, which I believe is 100 for the 550d. Increase your aperture (f-stop) to something like f/8 or f/11 so the entire subject object will be in focus. Then, adjust your shutter length to whatever is required to achieve the desired brightness level (so you don't have to brighten the image in Gimp). Lastly, in case you're not, enable the timer setting so you'll minimize camera shake when you depress the shutter button - unless you're shooting with a remote. Hope this helps!

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Agree with Particle. You need greater depth of field so the object is in focus from front edge to back edge. So with a tripod, you should have no trouble using an f-stop f16 to f22 and slow your shutter way down to what ever it takes to get enough light. Nothing wrong with using shutter speeds from 1 sec to 1/15 sec.

See also this thread for more related comments and links. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=45745&hl=+tent%20+camera%20+light#entry287926

Tom

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Dear particle and Tom

thanks for the feedback on the aperture setting. You guys are absolutely right, my shots' have too narrow a depth of field, as I was mainly using the MACRO function. I will increase the f-stop and play around with it again!

Appreciate the useful links as well Tom!

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Remember to take a reading off a piece of gray paper/cardboard, about the tone of the gray cardboard on a pad of paper. Or take a regular reading in the light box and open 1 f stop (f/16 instead of f/22) or slow your exposure (1/2 sec instead of 1/4). If the camera reads the white, it wants to make it gray, that's why your photos are coming out darker.

Pro-Photog for 34 years.

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