Advice white wolves.

[Dileon]

I am posting on this thread to get advice. I realized my digital camera was one of the first ones to come out....so I am using my new camera,.... which I am learning how to use. I want to be able to make pro photos....and want tons of advice and opinions until I get to my new goal. These are white wolves made of bass wood, the habitat is driftwood, plywood....and various glues.....I am adding more snow, ice, and add more white to the wolves. The snow is a mixture of decorative white sand and habitat made snow....and I am learning. This work is what I call a master copy ....meaning it will be used to make other wood carving if I choose to do so. This master copy was a major lesson in habitat ... there are four puppies, one is in the cave and I do not know yet how to photograph him? so if you have any suggestions.....all of them good and bad. Please help me get better photos.....smile Di

[fly fisher]

Thats fantastic Dileon, cant fault the carving and painting. Regards to taking the photo its best if you get the camera really low [as if you were lying on your belly taking the picture]. I dont know why it looks better it just does. Take a few more and post them.

[Dileon]

Last pic....had to learn to make it smaller on export....smile

[Dileon]

I am dead from reading this big book on how to use the camera, will be taking more....tomorrow with a tripod.

[Tom Ellis]

The scene, and carving look great Di, I would get rid of the bamboo in the background, and do a solid color.

Just a suggestion. Tom

[Sean R]

Di, that is an amazing Carving and the pics look great!

[AlArchie]

What a great carving! I agree to ditch the bamboo, though. You can get 24"x18" colored posterboard for a solid backround color. I use 2 sheets...one under the carving and one behind and I like either black or dark blue, but they come in a variety of colors.

Al

[starvincarvin]

Try different lighting,flah tends to wash out detail. Try soft lighting from differnt angles,this will help bring out more detail by adding shadow.
Hope this helps.

[SlowMover]

The photo look better than anything I can do, and the caring is fantastic. I agree with the background. I think Lynn has a section on photography in one of his videos, but can't remember which one.

[mpounders]

I agree with the poster board and the tripod. Some people also will sit the base on a small block to raise it up slightly, but sometimes you have to edit the stand out. I use several computer programs to crop and do other slight things with pictures. Microsoft Picture Manager (comes with Microsoft Office) is very handy for cropping and changing the value of the background. Lightening the background seems to remove some of the distracting shadows on some of my photos. I also use frree products called GIMP and Paint.net that I sometimes use for minor photo editing (like removing a pencil or a line that shouldn't be there). Your photos look pretty good! I use just an IPhone for mine, but a tripod sure helps!