HI

I guess I really need a better photo editing program to tone down the red. The red is not as starl/bright in person. I "think" it occurs when I use the flash

I use a Kodak DX7590 and couldn't find anything on how to adjust the red setting.




Any suggestions welcome, thanks.

Tom

Check your white balance settings. Maybe tweaking them would do.

Ya, I was about to say the same thing, check the white balance. There's a setting for that and you can actually see when changing it how the color will sway towards. Also, and I'm not a pro by any means, but something in the back of my memory is telling me to say... focus the camera prior to taking your picture on something that is as true white as you can. Then take a picture and see if it makes the differance you want.

Hope that helps!

Good Luck!

EasyOff

Most flashes are way too bright for macro photography. It is best to turn them off, set the camera on a tripod, and shoot with longer shutter speeds to compensate. I use 3 150 watt lamps bounced off white boards for my photo shoots.

Wow Sticky, tha's a sharp looking model. I love the wood grain on the paddle. Can I ask, how do you do that? I'm working on that Mig Production Viking with the arrow sticking out of his arm and I'm stuck on how to paint that darn arrow.

EasyOff

Very simple really. First i coursened up the surface with 100 grit sandpaper. Then it was based coated in acrylic fleash tone. When that was set, I gave it a coat of burnt umber oil paint and set it aside for 10 minutes. Then with a clean damp brush with turpeniod I wiped off most of the oil paint. The curved grain was then added with a 3/0 brush slight wetter than damp with tupenoid.

Thats it!

Is this better,


Grtz Rob!

IMHO it is very difficult to fix a poor photo using photo editing software. Don't take this the wrong way, but garbage in garbage out.

Hi

Thanks for all the hints. Come to think of it, whenever I use natural light I find the colours to be more natural. Hmm, I do have a "red eye" setting, wonder if that would help.

Robster: Yup, pretty close but the barrel is a bit browner

I will invest in some lights, play with the settings more and see how things go from there.

Really appreciate your time guys

Tom