SS Infantryman 120mm

Many thanks for your comments and suggestions, Scott and ajlafleche! I'll keep practising taking more pictures. My camera is Canon Powershot S2 IS
which I got in late 2005 but up to now I hardly read its manual. Maybe it's time I read it. I'll see if it has spot meter option or not. But for my webpages, I still prefer my SLR camera - Canon T-70 w/ 35-70 f3.5-4.5 macro zoom lenses + 2x and 4x close-up filters - which I've been using since 198x. I need no lamps or bulbs because I take pictures outdoor under the shade during day time, there's a lot of daylight. And for the last 4-5 pages, all pictures were taken using "time exposure technique", i.e., using a tripod, long exposure (1/8 to 1/2 second at f19 - f22), and self-timer shutter release so as to achieve highest depth of field (I set speed that gives depth of field betwen f19-f22 ). Here's the LRRP Vietnam or Seal figure taken using such technique :



My latest page (uploaded today) :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model33d.htm

Please take a look and see whether the background and natural lighting is OK or not.

Does your camera have a spot meter option? If so, use it and place that dead center on the figure. Next, increase the light. I use three 75-100 watt incandescent desk lamps for my pictures, moving them around to reduce shadows. This amount of light should increase your shutter speed and/or reduce your aperture which will increase the depth of field. If you have any control over the aperture setting, choose aperture priority mode. Worst case, drop back a bit and use the telephoto/zoom to get a larger image. Also, consider using a tripod to steady the camera and the self timer to eliminate any hand induced motion blurring.

All that said, I'm thinking the bright background is shifting your settings to compensate and placing your figures in the dark. It's like someone standing between you and a bright window.

You sure got the painting of the uniforms down pat, they look great! Nice job on the Seal figure too. Just keep practising taking pictures, I borrowed the wife digital Nikon D-80 and will take some pic's later today and try posting some shots tomorrow of the VIIC/41 which is still in work. 

Scott

Many thanks for your comments and suggestion, Scott. I'll pass on to my modeler.

Carves, I had no luck with digital camera - taking many pictures with none in focus.This is the best shot for this figure :

For other figures some pictures are OK, I just don't know how to focus or use the close-up mode (camera capable of 0cm object distance but I seem unable to take shorter than 50cm distance without blurring the picture). These are some of the better shots :

Looks pretty good there, great job on the smock! I have built this kit a couple of times and it's a fun build. If I may make a small painting suggestion...using white paint and a toothpick you can dot in the stitch pattern on the leather straps of the MP-40 magazine pouches and on the Y-straps.

Scott

Quite nice. Skin tone looks fine.
Wish could see the eyes.

I recomend remove the tall grass and just put rocks. Looks more natural.

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Ben