tmoll said:
Alex,
"Nice guitar, and nice photo ... I'd be interested in hearing the full details of your set up for this shot."
Best regards,
Tom Moll
Hello Tom,
Thanks for the compliment. Perhaps my skills are better at composition than technical abilities.
In the early 80's I was very enthusiastic about photography. I took a course in college and started to take black and white photographs along with priniting them as well. It was very enjoyable - particularly priniting. I had an Olympus OM10. I even contemplated investing in an 8' x 10" studio camera to take up studio work. Alas, the years rushed by and all I have left is some weak technical recollections of what I had done. Though I still have a critical eye. All to often I see poor images of guitars (not at LTG of course!) This is true especially in E bay. All to often you see the usual out of focus and or poor lighting coupled with backgrounds that turn the eye away from the subject.
To answer your question, first, let me just say that your knowledge of photography and technical skills far exceed mine! However, let's start with the equipment. Don't laugh, but it's a Nikon Coolpix 3100 (with 3 lowly megapixels). Since this is a generic digital camera with generic manual adjustments, I cannot interpret the adjustments as in a traditional camera, but I'll try based on it's specifications.
Lens: I had it at wide - 5.8 mm
Image: 2048 x 1536 (1:4)
Exposure Compensation: -.7 ( not sure what that means, no shutter speed on this :lol: )
Flash: No
F stop: ? note sure The camera is ranged from 2.8 - 4.9 It was set on macro, so I'm guessing 2.8
Yes, I agree, the shot is a bit over exposed. Of the twelve I took, this was, in my opinion, the nicest. The lighting was partial diffused (ahem, would you believe a lamp?) and outside light from the window (the primary light source to the right). The background was a hung maroon poly fiber blanket with similair material for the base.
Thanks for your interest and I agree that this would be an interesting thread. I'll be taking some shots of my X-170 and X-150 next.
Best Regards,
Alex Robatto