Steve223
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Heres some of my engraving such as it is These are Scarf slides. crtique away...
Copper
Sliver
Copper
Sliver
Some of my engraving
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Steve223
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Heres some in silver
Sorry about the picture quality im not a great photographer
Sorry about the picture quality im not a great photographer
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Steve223
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A couple more in Sliver
These were done with push gravers either a 45 flat or 43 flat and a 18-10 liner,Some the wriggle lines a re done with 37 or 39 or 41 Flats
Im allmost embarresed to post pictures of my stuff lol
These were done with push gravers either a 45 flat or 43 flat and a 18-10 liner,Some the wriggle lines a re done with 37 or 39 or 41 Flats
Im allmost embarresed to post pictures of my stuff lol
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KCSteve
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Well, I can see being embarassed by the pictures, but not the work.
A couple of quick tips for the photos are to put the camera on a tripod and to use something to diffuse the light. I know there's at least one small object photography tutorial in the Tips section because I did it.
Shiny things (like silver) are tough to get good pictures of. There are photographers who make their living doing just those kind of pictures so don't feel too bad.
That said, the slides look pretty nice! The ones on the wood background are the clearest shot and look like they're cleanly cut. Design looks nice - not too fancy but lots of shine and bling to catch the eye.
Obviously now you have to do some more.
A couple of quick tips for the photos are to put the camera on a tripod and to use something to diffuse the light. I know there's at least one small object photography tutorial in the Tips section because I did it.
Shiny things (like silver) are tough to get good pictures of. There are photographers who make their living doing just those kind of pictures so don't feel too bad.
That said, the slides look pretty nice! The ones on the wood background are the clearest shot and look like they're cleanly cut. Design looks nice - not too fancy but lots of shine and bling to catch the eye.
Obviously now you have to do some more.
Haraga.com
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
Nothing to be embarrassed about Steve. They look good.
Tom Curran
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As said before, your work looks great, it really does.
The photos, though need help. Digital cameras are notorious for picking whatever they want to focus on. In your photos, the camera is picking the background material(woodgrain). If you have your manual, see if you can do a 'center focus', then the camera will focus on whatever is in the center of the screen.
Also if you lift your piece up off the background a couple of inches, that will help the camera decide what's closest, and therefore it will pick that to focus on. You will have better luck shooting one piece at a time, on a smooth featureless background. I say featureless, because you don't want to give the camera any reason to focus on woodgrain, weave of cloth, grains of sand, etc.
Keep up the good work, and I'm glad you posted you slides.
The photos, though need help. Digital cameras are notorious for picking whatever they want to focus on. In your photos, the camera is picking the background material(woodgrain). If you have your manual, see if you can do a 'center focus', then the camera will focus on whatever is in the center of the screen.
Also if you lift your piece up off the background a couple of inches, that will help the camera decide what's closest, and therefore it will pick that to focus on. You will have better luck shooting one piece at a time, on a smooth featureless background. I say featureless, because you don't want to give the camera any reason to focus on woodgrain, weave of cloth, grains of sand, etc.
Keep up the good work, and I'm glad you posted you slides.
Steve223
Elite Cafe Member
Thanks for the photo advice guys ill try what you sugested for the next pics.....Im off to build a set of headstall silver.
Steve
Steve
bronc
Elite Cafe Member
Steve,
Really nice work. I hope you will post pics of your bridle silver when it's finished.
Best wishes,
Stewart
Really nice work. I hope you will post pics of your bridle silver when it's finished.
Best wishes,
Stewart
Steve223
Elite Cafe Member
Thanks Stewert.... Ill try and get some decent photos tonight and post them.
Steve
Steve
didyoung
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nice slides i just posted a few on here as well. please take a look and let me know what you think.
maybe we could swap slide for slide? let me know.
shawn
maybe we could swap slide for slide? let me know.
shawn
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