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Lancashire Fusilier
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Lovely. Can you remove the seat and show some photos and from underside too please?
Lancashire Fusilier
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I think the photo looks great.
Daviddubya
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That is a very nice looking piece of ash. 
If you're interested, some pointers that may be of help lighting wise (maybe not). First off, that picture looks great. I wouldn't say there's anything at all wrong with it.
It looks like you used one light, slightly behind and to the right of camera. That would be your key light. You look like you softened it pretty good. If you are at 6 o'clock, and your subject center of clock, a fill light could go on the opposite side, anywhere from 7 to 9. Usually, your key could be slightly harder, and the fill light soft and wide, but they would balance each other so that neither was too apparent. A backlight, should you choose to use one, would be opposite camera to either side (10-1 o clock), and above, in this case about six foot off the ground, or above your backdrop, making sure to flag it out of the lens.
With a single subject you generally get much better results being further back, zoomed in on a longer lens. This will fuzz your background and pop your subject.
Keep in mind that while those are general rules for lighting, there are no rules. I've seen the rules followed slavishly and I've seen setups that break all the rules. That's why guys get paid obscene amounts of money for an amorphous skill!
It looks like you used one light, slightly behind and to the right of camera. That would be your key light. You look like you softened it pretty good. If you are at 6 o'clock, and your subject center of clock, a fill light could go on the opposite side, anywhere from 7 to 9. Usually, your key could be slightly harder, and the fill light soft and wide, but they would balance each other so that neither was too apparent. A backlight, should you choose to use one, would be opposite camera to either side (10-1 o clock), and above, in this case about six foot off the ground, or above your backdrop, making sure to flag it out of the lens.
With a single subject you generally get much better results being further back, zoomed in on a longer lens. This will fuzz your background and pop your subject.
Keep in mind that while those are general rules for lighting, there are no rules. I've seen the rules followed slavishly and I've seen setups that break all the rules. That's why guys get paid obscene amounts of money for an amorphous skill!
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I had white ash stool one time from chewing on to many toothpicks ;D ;D
Lancashire Fusilier
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Hmmm hope for your sake it didn't come out looking like the stool above or that you bothered to photograph it either you sad sad man ;D
Matthew Schenker
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Good Morning,
I have been in contact with Underused, and he explained that he wanted to remove his content from the forum. That's all I know.
To everyone: you own the material you post to the forum. However, it is bad forum manners to remove the content of your original post after it has turned into a discussion and several people have spent time thinking about the subject and composing their own material in response. To make matters worse, the original poster in this case also deleted most of the subject, making what's left of the discussion nearly illegible.
So, yes, you own your material, but you also have a responsibility to the community when you engage publicly, especially when you start a discussion. I have written to Underused and told him the same thing.
To date, this is the ony occasion when this has happened, but I thought it appropriate to discuss it here, given the context.
Thanks,
Matthew
I have been in contact with Underused, and he explained that he wanted to remove his content from the forum. That's all I know.
To everyone: you own the material you post to the forum. However, it is bad forum manners to remove the content of your original post after it has turned into a discussion and several people have spent time thinking about the subject and composing their own material in response. To make matters worse, the original poster in this case also deleted most of the subject, making what's left of the discussion nearly illegible.
So, yes, you own your material, but you also have a responsibility to the community when you engage publicly, especially when you start a discussion. I have written to Underused and told him the same thing.
To date, this is the ony occasion when this has happened, but I thought it appropriate to discuss it here, given the context.
Thanks,
Matthew
Matthew Schenker
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Bill,
I've followed up with the original poster offline to let him know that I am angry about this behavior.
As someone who has worked very hard to create this forum and encourage discussion, it's upsetting to see this kind of action. This might sound like strong language, but it goes to the heart of what it means to have a discussion. In my mind, it's like being a leader of a project in the "real world" in which people sit down at the table for days and spend their time working out details. Then the person with all the paperwork one day just disappears and takes everything everyone has been working on with him. Yes, he owns it, but he also has a responsibility.
Matthew
I've followed up with the original poster offline to let him know that I am angry about this behavior.
As someone who has worked very hard to create this forum and encourage discussion, it's upsetting to see this kind of action. This might sound like strong language, but it goes to the heart of what it means to have a discussion. In my mind, it's like being a leader of a project in the "real world" in which people sit down at the table for days and spend their time working out details. Then the person with all the paperwork one day just disappears and takes everything everyone has been working on with him. Yes, he owns it, but he also has a responsibility.
Matthew
