Captain Gimp makes a photo !

Dizzyfugu · January 23, 2021, 01:09:31 AM

Just keep experimenting and trying! I never had any training or tutorial about photo editing, and still learn new things with every new session.

Captain Canada · January 23, 2021, 05:09:50 AM

Cheers. I had downloaded the program a few years back, on my old laptop, as somat I could do when I was on the road working. My attention span was way to short at the time tho, and i had forgotten all about it. Now that I'm trying again, with a new approach, I hope I can keep it up and get good at it !

Glenn Gilbertson · January 23, 2021, 02:36:24 PM

Good effort - I like it! We all learn as we go.

sandiego89 · January 23, 2021, 05:07:50 PM

Very nice! The Search and Rescue efforts in Vietnam were often a team effort, so the "Sandy" A-1's, and the Jolly Green H-3's could very well be going in to recover a US Navy crew downed feet dry over North or South Vietnam, while the Skyray provides support!

Bravo on experimenting on staging in front of the photo. Dizzy has it to an art, I'm afraid to try- I'll stick to plastic and paint!

Captain Canada · January 25, 2021, 10:29:48 AM

Cheers guys.

DogfighterZen · January 25, 2021, 04:52:08 PM

Nice build and pics, Captain!

Dizzyfugu · January 25, 2021, 11:49:56 PM

Quote from: sandiego89 on January 23, 2021, 05:07:50 PM
Dizzy has it to an art, I'm afraid to try- I'll stick to plastic and paint!

Taking impressive model pictures is NO rocket science! Just try it - perspective is key! You only need a simple base (grey sandpaper or even cardboard can be enough for a tarmac hardstand) and a background poster with a more or less matching perspective. And light should be either natural sunlight (but not directly, that's very harsh) or a cold/white bulb (ideally a primary and a secondary light source or a reflecting surface to light up dark areas) instead of normal room lighting, which tends to be rather yellow-ish. A post-editing software like GIMP or XnView helps (they have, for instance, automatic functions for color, brightness and contrast, and you can manually adjust color saturation etc.), but is not 100% necessary. Mand many cameras or smartphones already optimize the taken picture. Just try it and experiment!

Rick Lowe · January 25, 2021, 11:54:33 PM

And the thing with digital as opposed to wet photography, is that you aren't wasting paper/time/money printing shots that aren't up to scratch. You simply delete them and try again.