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"Ferraris on 5th" car show
MikeMc replied to jaymcminn's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Thanks Jason! -
Yost Airbrush Video
MikeMc replied to Models by Bear's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
If it's Platinum that makes you high maintenance........ -
Virgil....Its all in the darkroom....(photoshop). Remember this one.... before after
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Darin....I would trust the monitor...Its in the camera....Simply put if your camera shoots in the jpeg mode...what you see is not what you get ! If you go back to the "old days of silver" you got a negative, which exposed on a sensitized surface gave you a print. Most good printers in the lab corrected by feel..and usually got it right. If not, you sent it back for reprinting. When a digital camera takes a image in "RAW" that is an uncorrected image, you then must correct it using software.....When you get a jpeg from the camera it has been "corrected" inside the computer that took it as the camera uses an algorithum to give you your resulting image. When I process my RAW images I store them as " Digital Negatives"....when I post an Image it is in jpeg, as thats what monitors like. This is an image of one of the good Dr's cars shot in raw and played with...like the reflection...or notice the "pop" in his shiny paint!
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Yost Airbrush Video
MikeMc replied to Models by Bear's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Well it isn't grey, silver, or white ...That is so shiny it must be chrome...not clear, CHROME!!! -
or buy the caps with hole drilled from Norm @ R&M....3 for 5.00 or buy one wired from MAD...a half hour of my time is worth 5.00 look in the lower corner these are blue
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Gotta be a model...otherwise we would see more of it....
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427 Ford SOHC engine source
MikeMc replied to Paul Payne's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
2007 start date....Bartster where didja find this antique? The 66 galaxie kit does have the Here is the 429 Boss (70 MustangBoss429) next to the SOHC. I put the 429 in the Galaxie -
How to photograph a model?
MikeMc replied to meaneyme's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I totally agree...I used to preach film is cheap.....but with digital keep shooting and then get it BIG and look!! I have found that Canon does have some very well made cameras and uses some algorithms based on the EOS that are incredible ! I do also agree to play around with your camera and its modes...let it work for you...after all thats what DELETE is for! -
How to photograph a model?
MikeMc replied to meaneyme's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Do not use any color to check sharpness or resolution..as light refraction can change your results due to lens coatings...use one of these... Digital and Silver are totally different..read here http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF5.html Unless you are shooting in JPEG mode....I shoot in RAW and sharpen before and after....A jpeg uses an algorithm to give your results..not what the lens sees. After 20 plus years of fixing camera lenses...I can talk about resolution, refraction, and depth of field and depth of focus. I will put my 30 and 40 year old lenses from Leitz and Schneider up against any newer multi coated optics ....and the new ones will be sharper, but with less contrast. I love Photoshop..and it will solve most image issues. -
Need a club in Southwest Florida
MikeMc replied to TedsModeling's topic in Model Club News and Announcements
Ted...a new hobby store is going in at Davis and shadowlawn....I've been to Hobby Lobby in Ft Myers...not worth the drive...Paradise is a bit better. -
How to photograph a model?
MikeMc replied to meaneyme's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
If you are old enough to use silver ..the "sunny 16" rule works....or set it to aperture priority@ f8 and focus carefully. -
Looks different to me....
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Need a club in Southwest Florida
MikeMc replied to TedsModeling's topic in Model Club News and Announcements
To parts....the North Cape is a good hour of driving Is it mainly military / planes ? -
Donn...if you send me a couple of those "too thick" pictures....I can run them through Photo Shop.... You never know what magic can occur with digital photos...
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LOOKING FOR AN OLDER TOPIC ABOUT "GHOSTING"
MikeMc replied to bigmikevee's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22834 -
Does it have to Move up under its own power?...if not check SMBC http://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/servlet/the-4372/battery-operated-car-lift/Detail
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Need a club in Southwest Florida
MikeMc replied to TedsModeling's topic in Model Club News and Announcements
I'm looking forward to the drive...Your last show was great fun! -
Need a club in Southwest Florida
MikeMc replied to TedsModeling's topic in Model Club News and Announcements
NO....but we do have enough to start one 941 is NOT Naples area code....More up towards Tampa Ray lives in the Cape Coral area....a bit out of the Naples area. That said, Tonio 7 , Jason McMinn, and myself are all in Naples. -
Making my own license plates
MikeMc replied to Rob McKee's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Your correct.....Takes way too much time in PS -
Possible Problem on the '48 Ford tires ?
MikeMc replied to LoneWolf15's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Donn.....Thats why I shoot .......lacquer Or cover them with some future. (the wheels) -
Car ads win Super Bowl
MikeMc replied to sjordan2's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Much nicer than I was gonna be..And Aussie rules football is not rugby.......More like the NFL Thanks Harry! -
Car ads win Super Bowl
MikeMc replied to sjordan2's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I liked the one for Tax Act..........Y'now its not car related but it was one of the doozies.... a little boy desperately needs to relieve himself. After his sister beats him to the bathroom, the boy resorts to jumping in the pool. In the closing shot, the boy smiles a grin of satisfaction. Was done up in Milwaukee, At Independent Studios. Madonna went out thru a trap door....I missed that