Toy Photography

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Messing with some textures on an app.

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>>6233691

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>>6233692
Got some hands for my DOTM prime.

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>>6233693

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>>6233694

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>>6233699

>>6233942
Spooky!

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>>6237134

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>>6237187
Pls Bandai make a Leia.

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>>6237189

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>>6237189
what disaster of a leia is that?

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BWAK

>>6233693
Where'd you get the hands and is that leader?

>>6237281
Ebay and yes it's the leader
>>6237208
The black series 6 inch. I would regret buying it but it was a gift so I did not buy it. The face is just god awful.

>>6237187
>>6237189
>>6237191
I really want some space walls but with shipping to my country I'd be paying close to $150, fuck

>>6237210
>>6237219
I'm jealous of you merely for owning this.

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>>6237359
Oh my god.

>>6233701
Priorities eh?

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I love this pose.

>>6237882
I don't understand how you get him to stand like that.

>>6237604
Daryl Dixon's Asian cousin?

>>6237888
It's not hard. You just have to position his right ankle correctly flat, and use the right calf joint for extra stability. It's hard to explain but it's easy.

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This was a five minute setup, but I'm happy with it.

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>>6237912
Is...Is Groot fist-fucking that stormie?

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>>6237975

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I don't think I will ever take my Synthetic Human seriously but he's still one of my favourites.

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Haven't taken photos for a while

neat

>>6238375
That's awesome
I need to shop that into (You) in the corner when I get home.

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>>6239776
that's fucking hilarious, here's an image without the mars bar

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>>6239883

>>6239885

Beautiful.

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>>6239898
That's shit tier. If you're going to do it, do it right.

>>6239980
Yours is higher quality and higher effort to be sure, but funnily enough, it's actually harder to read in a thumbnail. His is more readable to the majority, ie people who aren't going to click on and load a dumb reaction image, and is therefore superior.

>>6239980
how bout a white outline instead of black. It's harder to read the way you have it.

I think >>6239885 is better.

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>>6239988

>>6239980
But >>6239885 put's it in context with the board's background. Quality doesn't mean anything

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>>6233355
>Post anything you feel like.

My favorite kind of OP.

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>>6242021

>>6241890
Great shit

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>>6241890
I love this figure, it feels so solid.

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King of the Monsters at work.

>>6240273
>>6239885 here, I thought it was funny because it was low quality

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>>6242060
Thanks
>>6242088
Agreed, just wish he came with some extra hands

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>>6242267
I don't remember posting this...
Somebody else did, or I was drunk...!

Glad you enjoyed it enough to repost.

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Messing around with Photoshop touch.

>>6243614
Hello kyle

>>6243886
Hi

>>6243886
Who's Kyle?

anyone ever recreate the poor little white boy cover?

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>>6244379

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Meh.

Haven't been very active as I've been preparing to move

>>6244589
haven't taken new photos in a long time either. creative breakdown and lack of talent.

got the new Sephiroth Play Arts Kai and was really looking forward to it to take photos with him fighting cloud, but i lack inspiration.

>>6244589
A: You need to work on your focus
B: You need to resize your pictures. 1200 x XXX is ideal for posting. Any more than that and the picture wont fit on the screen.

>>6245124

I'm too lazy to resize

>>6245149
Apparently you're too lazy to focus as well.

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What can I do to prevent these lines from showing up? It was briefly mentioned in a previous thread but it looks like it was too long ago to go back to.

>>6245499
i believe it's called zebra striping. usually happens if you're using fluorescent lights and you don't use the proper settings. it stands out more when using a white background. i would suggest using tungsten, strobe, or another source of daylight that can replace fluorescent.

>>6245499
>>6245520
http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/60701/why-do-i-get-dark-horizontal-lines-stripes-or-bands-in-bad-lighting-with-my-fu

>>6245520
Weird, they're led desk lamp bulbs. It happens on other backgrounds too.

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>>6245606
the link says it happens with LEDs as well. might be the frequency. i've only had it happen with fluorescents. there's always the choice of using tungsten with some CTB gels over your lights to get more white/daylight looks

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>>6245468

How 'bout a hand for this graduating senior? He's resized so your panties don't get all in a ruffle again.

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This was inspired by a fellow /toy/ soldier. 'Low level RPG adventurer' was how he described it, something like that.

I always thought it was a cool idea so here's my take on it. There's a small axe in his left hand but it ended up getting lost during editing cause of how dark the lower half of the pic is.
All done with the camera on my LG G4 and the photoshop express app.

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>>6245699
Wide angle because why not

Anyone got an idea on fake vomit?

Wanna do a nendoroid shot of one of them vomiting on something but can't think of anything.

>>6245935
Yellow hot glue with some random bits of stuff thrown in

>>6244589

Cut the match head sothat link doesn't look like he's holding a very huge matchstick.

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>>6246264

>>6246264
>>6246266

This idea is fine, but you should really bounce some light in the face to make them seem like they belong in the setting.

Especially that Gohan pic. Looks like he's standing in a gazebo or something.

>>6237785
Damn yo, dust that desk.

>>6245499
You could try to adjust your shutter speed to match your mains frequency.

So if you live somewhere with ~120volt/60Hz, set your shutter speed to 1/60. If you live somewhere with ~230/50Hz, set it to 1/50.

>>6246132
love the posing

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Testing new tablet for picture taking

>>6246865
Sweet its flipped

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Playing with a new lens

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Fucking love taking pictures of this doll

New camera this month, and got a 2nd desk lamp. Things are looking better than ever.

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>>6248047

And because I'm retarded, I forgot to attach the pic. Fuck, I am a dumbass.

>>6248049
Dont worry, we love you even if you are retarded.

>>6237910
Those bleeding figures are sick what are they called and where did you get them?

>>6248170
they look SUPER - HOT

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New to photography, so lighting isn't the best. What do you guys do to get nice lighting? Flash on camera is too bright and the light in the room is too yellow.

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>>6248068

Thanks!

>>6248440

From someone who has been making a steady uphill battle of trying to get good photos for the past like, 2 years, 4 things have fixed almost all of my issues.

Getting two 50 cent pieces of white posterboard. One to put on the wall, one to just sit on a flat surface (aka: my desk).

Getting an entirely new digital point and shoot camera, which you probably don't need to do. Mine was incredibly old and terribly shit, even for a P&S camera. My new camera is better in every single way. I went as cheap as I could, because I'm a poorfag. Got a Canon PowerShot ELPH 180. Again, you probably don't need to do this, you probably just need better lighting. Lighting is everything. Also if your camera has an ISO setting, set it to as low as it can go.

Buying some LED desk lamps at Walmart ($10 apiece). I only needed 1 because I happened to have a standing lamp that has a bendable 40 watt reading light, and it's positioned over the desk I take my photos on. Probably not the best thing to do, but it was cheap and it's working for me. I'm sure someone could probably suggest something better.

And 4 would be just getting a photo editing program. I use GIMP, which is free.

>>6248477
Thanks for the tips, I think my camera is fine like you said but I hadn't messed with the ISO setting at all. I'll look into the other things you mentioned as well.

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>>6248506

I'm sure someone can offer some better tips too.

>>6237359
Couldn't you achieve something similar with fun foam, paint, and some white vellum?

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>>6245801
Ha! I remember that. I like your take on Luke, the Aragorn cloak is a great touch.

>>6247825
That's a great shot!

>>6248829
You always do great action sequences.

Just messing around with Photoshop touch on mobile again.

>>6248170
I'm pretty sure I saw that guy post on reddit that he made them or something but I could be wrong

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Just going to dump some pictures of me messing around today

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>>6250133

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>>6250135

>>6250133
Akira and Kaneda's bike lookin sexy back there.

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>>6250523

Fuck it, I'll go big

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Alternative angle

>>6250523

Where'd you get that cape and where can I get one?

>>6250966

eBay seller rickhor409

>>6250957
too dark

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>iPhone pleb
>upgraded to DSLR
>have no idea what I've gotten myself into

Send help. I can't fathom this thing out.

>>6251516

Set it to A for the time being and turn the flash off. Read your intruction manual or maybe get a book on your specific camera.

Check out YouTube videos on photography basics.

In the meantime, what are your questions?

>>6251689
I'm using a canon 70d. I have a well lit environment that I take photos in. I use a combination of warm and cool lights, depending on what feel I want from the photo. The canon 70d has an 19 point auto focus system, but from time to time I use the manual focus ring too.

This is the issue. In viewfinder mode, I have no real issue with focusing. When I switch to live view ( on the lcd screen ), the camera seems to have difficulty focusing. I have it in M mode, so I'm controlling the aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings. I have the aperture on the lower side and the ISO too, since it's a well lit area and the shutter speed set to high to avoid motion blur. But I can't fathom focusing out.

Should I just look up tutorials on focusing or is there something I might be doing wrong with the general settings right now?

>>6251534
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

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>>6251989

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>>6251991

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>>6251993

>>6237910
how did you go about making that scenery? its amazing

>>6252004

Not that Anon, but the floor and background looks like it might just be paper or a cardboard print of some kind.

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>>6251928

If I'm understanding you correctly you're using different light temperatures?

If the camera can't compensate with sunlight (the best light) it means you're indoors-- dio guy, probably ACBA (shame on you)

It sounds like you need to switch your metering setting, specifically to spot metering

Take the whole indoor diorama thing and throw that out the window and teach yourself how to actually shoot. Everything else will come together later.

Take your toys outdoors or at least by the window and learn basic photography. If you need to do a lot of post editing shoot in RAW. Yes I said post, everyone does post. I don't know why the ACBA makes such a big deal about not doing any post when literally every photographer ever knows it's just part of the processes.

That's why when you look at toy photography pics you'll notice that the best pics are from outside the USA because they actually focus on the **photography** part.

>>6252048
>Take your toys outdoors

Most people can't do that. Lot of apartment dwellers make up the US.

>>6252055
I think he means the outdoors beyond your apartment, shut-in.

>>6252048
I have no problems taking toys outdoors, so I'll try shooting in natural light. I'll post results. Thanks anon.

>>6252061

Yeah, you can't really do that if you live in a city. People walking the street don't give a fuck, they'll step on your shit.

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>>6252061
I go to hiking trails, lakes and cemeteries.

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>>6252088

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>>6252090

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Been months since I had the time and peace of mind to take photos. Whew. Really pumped out a bit this go around.

So please, watch my photography.

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>>6252187

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>>6252189

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>>6252190

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>>6252194

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>>6252196

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>>6252201
/end

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Weeaboo billionaire can't into chopsticks.

>>6252292

The toy looks legitimately angry as fuck it can't hold those chopsticks.

>>6252201
You're trying to be raspberrychainsaw, aren't you?

>>6248170
The blookd looks like Can of Beams, but idk about the figures

>>6252503
wtf am i looking at

>>6251928
You're probably too close to the subject.

A lot of those lens won't focus if you're too close without some kind of Macro lens attachment, leaving some photos too out of focus.

>>6252048
>sunlight (the best light)

You sound like a moron.

Photography is the manipulation of light and using it to focus the attention of an audience. More often than not you can get better results using your own lights than relying on the sun.

>>6252186
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>>6252205
cringe

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>>6248829
Sweet posing.

>>6253273
skeletons, but only 2

>>6243215
Looks dope af m8
>>6243614
Thats a great pic
>>6243883
That looks like a poster
>>6244589
Thats a match witb photo shop fire? Or real fire?
>>6245699
Cool pic
>>6246132
Those two look dope, like they belong on a fashion mag
>>6247959
Creepy af dont post again
>>6248829
I like
>>6250137
Pose better its not too bad but its not all the way there
>>6250523
Fucking love this series of pics
>>6250957
Whats that background from?
>>6251534
Wheres that chair from?
>>6252187
Looks bad
The rest aint too bad

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>>6233355
Took this for a Beast Wars thread on /tv/ some weeks ago

Love this little guy. Thanks sis

>>6246132
Love it. Is 2099 still worth reading?

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>>6253162
Name sounds familiar, but doesn't ring a bell proper.

Nah, this short "story" was a comprehensive test using these ~5" Walking Dead figures with my ~5.5" SH Figuarts. Without giving away the scale difference, I wanted to see if I could capture

>Being attacked by monsters
>Attacking SHFs
>Standing idly by
>Being rescued
>Carrying prolonged interactions in a longer photoshoot

And transforming as a recent idea. As primarily a Kamen Rider fan, it was thrilling to replicate a transformation eveb if the characters didn't match and poses couldn't be exactly 1:1. I now want civillian Rider SHFs even more.

I'm no fan of TWD. I can't even remember the girl's name. However, seeing them presented me with the idea of having generic civillians to expand my ideas. Too tempting not to try.

I'd say the shoot went really well. Despite the necessary extra effort, it was really fun. It was like a babby version of Godzilla scale manipulation, which I always admired. Having civillains around also really accentuates super heroes and villains is a way that heroes and villain can't do with each other. Heroes look powerful and villains look intimidating. Lovely. If McFarlane made these things .5" larger and didn't mass produce them with the shittiest warped feet I have seen collectively in any toyline, I'd be a regular customer instead of a guy buying them sparingly on chump change.

>>6253761
How so?

>>6253841
you really got to stop taking photos with your phone Andrew

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>>6253831
>>6252187
Yeah. It was done personally as reference to Kuuga's infamous fucking with the light whenever the villains were on screen.

I was actually gonna do every shot with Daguva pre-Kuuga. However, I concluded that I would probably be the only one who enjoyed mimmicking that effect. In a non-toku centric thread, I doubt anybody would get it anyway. I really like how the camera picked up Daguva's details.

So I scrapped it, save for that image. It was left that way to accentuate a fakeout of using a Kuuga villain instead of zombies. Also the photo of Daguva in this set >>6252194 , though that was an accidental upload. This here is proper version, unmodified.

>>6248170
>>6253175

I'm canofbeams, I make those blood pieces and I took that picture. The figures are just sh figuarts body-kun figures, I attached the blood pieces to them with blu tack for the photo.

>>6252004
That's a diorama I bought from Extreme Sets of a subway station. It's just cardboard with printing on it, but they are awesome. That's a small fragment of the diorama. They are pretty great for the price, and being able to just disassemble and store a diorama in a small space is great.

>>6253899
Wow, I kind of feel like a celebrity is in our midst. And I don't mean that sarcastically. I like the work you do, canofbeams anon.

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>>6253469
>more often than not you can get better results using your own lights than relying on the sun

I was suggesting the Anon learn how to shoot under the sun because the purest form of white light is the sun. Don't argue with me on this--- it just is. If you learn how to shoot and how to expose under the sun then you can start approximating studio lighting with greater ease.

Don't get your panties in a twist because I dissed the ACBA. Part of my problem with them is they tend to focus on indoor shooting and very rarely have quality lights that produce white light and they almost always have poor white balance as a result. To be honest I've only ever been impressed with three of them and they still fucked their pictures up by having those retarded cutout letters.

Anyway, back to my point: The sun will always produce better light than any artificial source. If you really, really, really feel strongly about it then go start a thread and get laughed at over at /p/ because I don't have the time, energy, or interest in explaining to you exactly why you're fucking wrong.

>>6253888
god that darryl figure is god awful

>>6253932
they're all awful but the walkers are pretty cool

>>6253775
replace those with SHF one day

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>>6253932
Yeah. Reviewing the litter for my experiment, it seems likeness is a common complaint. Being so small probably doesn't help either.

That's when the magic of not being a fan kicked in. He could look like Jim Carrey for all I care. Since I'll never portray these figures as Walking Dead characters, how good the likeness is doesn't concern me thankfully. They'll be random shmucks.

What does bother me though is the engineering. This Daryl is the best figure in terms of articulation. Mcfarlane barely gave a shit to give even 90% of that collective range of motion on anybody else. The early releases had the most god awful idea for hip articulation I have ever seen. Many times basic hinges can't even do 90 degrees . That hurts photography ideas so much. If I ever buy more, I may experiment in "surgery" to get them to move more. I don't care about sculpt that much, especially for a show I don't care about.

>>6253936
The reason I'm not a fan of TWD is because I've been driven away from the oversaturation of zombies as a plot element. However, zombies look good in plastic under the right sculptor. May pick some up.

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>>6253956
This is what he looks like IRL in case you didn't know(since you aren't a fan)
that figure looks like an eskimo without the winter clothes

>>6253939
I know, I'm just waiting for a rerelease of Goku with the new hips.

>>6253985
don't forget to preorder nappa too

>>6253928
>the purest form of white light is the sun.
Learn your light temps anon. Sunlight ain't white; It's blue. Again, you sound like a moron.

And man, I don't give two shits about ACBA or the people who want to rag on them. Clearly you have a beef and that's totally fine.

Regardless, if you want your photos to be flat, uninteresting pieces of shit, go ahead and keep insisting that shooting outside is the way to go. I look forward to your mediocre photography.

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All of them.

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>>6254229
Whoops, was supposed to go into the metal gear pak thread

Do any of you ever go through bouts of lacking inspiration?
I haven't taken any toys out to go shooting in a few months, I just haven't been feeling it.
But I've got a new one in the mail and 2 days off so I think I'm going to go take some pictures for once with stuff I already have

>>6254260
me.

got tons of new toys but absolute lack of inspiration or skill. there are many motives in my head that i either want to try or have already tried but lack the skill and knowhow to do.

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>>6254264
Have you ever considered watching documentaries on how film was done from the 1920s-1960s? I got some inspiration for setting and lighting by watching how they used 2D backdrops for depth.

>>6254264
I'm glad I'm not alone. I feel like I've exhausted every location around my town.

>>6254277
That's a good idea! I've looked up some vintage war photography for inspiration.
Keep an eye out on my IG, I'm that bxb guy

>>6254138
Look at the mind blowing photography examples you've uploaded.

>>6254278
Very nice

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>>6255166
Doin yoga.

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>>6255168

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>>6255169

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>>6255170

>>6254363
Look at the dipshit using the lowest possible option when trying to defend himself.
The first resort for someone who doesn't have a leg to stand on.

>>6254138
>if you want your photos to be flat, uninteresting pieces of shit, go ahead and keep insisting that shooting outside is the way to go. I look forward to your mediocre photography.
Oh come on...You know damn well that people who shoot indoors with lights post photos that are flat, uninteresting pieces of shit too.

>>6253928
>Don't argue with me on this--- it just is
<citation needed>

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>>6253928
>Don't argue with me on this--- it just is

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>>6254231

Super cute. I think I commented on it on over Instagram a while back.

>>6254260
>>6254264
>lack of inspiration

All the fucking time dude. I tend to find inspiration just by fucking around with them at home. I'll fiddle around and then start playing things out in my head and the ideas start coming. Sometimes a movie or TV show or book will have a scene that inspires me. Other times I get the idea from seeing a location I like. I very rarely go out and shoot without having planned the shots or "story" firsthand. I take a lot of shots at home as test shots or "concept art" before doing it on location. Pic related is an example.


>>6254278

I love this

>>6255193
>Look at the dipshit using the lowest possible option when trying to defend himself. The first resort for someone who doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Ah, the old "I can't do but somehow know better" stance.

The Anon is asking you to back the shit you're talking and frankly I'm interested to see what you have too. Let's see the leg YOU'RE standing on. You know, since you're the expert and all.

>>6251994
where do I buy these skeletons in bulk?

>>6255226
>Ah, the old "I can't do but somehow know better" stance.

>The Anon is asking you to back the shit you're talking and frankly I'm interested to see what you have too. Let's see the leg YOU'RE standing on. You know, since you're the expert and all.

Irrelevant. One person's shit work doesn't magically become great if the person critiquing it is better or worse at it.
'Let's see you do better' is a fallacy that people who can't take criticism run too when they're called out.

>>6255284

Kek.

Sure thing. Here, write this in your journal.

“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches"

>>6255297
And your point being...?

>>6255304

Put up or shut up.

You're doing a lot of talking but not any showing. Nobody cares what the armchair quarterback has to say about the game.

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>>6253974
Yeah. I've heard about Reedus enough secondhand and have seen him.

Funny enough, that vague Asian twist to his likeness is what got me to photograph a transformation scene. Though it was initially meant to be Amazon Alpha, since Jin has a but of a biker motif. However, Jin's transformation into Alpha is just turning a handle on his belt. Even if I could get the belt off, it wouldn't fit Asian Reedus's waist.

So my logic turned to "Well, this little guy doesn't look much better or worse than Joe Odagiri looks these days". Thus, Kuuga was used instead. Having a compatible villain and being able to do enough tricks with the camera to mimic Kuuga's transformation pose to at least 80% helped a lot as well.

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>>6255308
Sorry to say this, but he's right.
I can tell who can sing, and who can't sing, without being a musician myself. I can say that poorly made beef tastes bad, without being a better cook. I can tell what movie is bad, without being a director. And people can tell you flaws in photography, without being photographs themselves.

>>6255199

Totally true. Mediocrity can happen anywhere. And probably is more likely indoors.

>>6254257
i love this

>>6255308
>Nobody cares what the armchair quarterback has to say about the game.
You apparently do, since you seem unable to let it go and move on.

>>6255806
Oh, fuck off. That's what LT84 is saying and that's what I'm saying.

>>6255618
You're half right there Snake everybody has an opinion but just because he has an opinion doesn't mean anyone has to take it seriously or into consideration which nobody is and if Anon is going to be an outright dick about it he's opening himself up to challenge which it seems he can't deliver on.

I agree that if you're going to pretend you know better you should be able to prove it. Does he have a right to his opinion, sure but it's a meaningless opinion without substance. I mean, the point of the thread is to show off toy photography and just with anything else the layman has no right to be that smug if they can't play the game themselves

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i should invest in a wrestling ring for my figures.

>>6255816
>Oh, fuck off. That's what LT84 is saying and that's what I'm saying.
Like I said.You care enough to keep arguing about it.

>>6255842
That Spidey as fun as it looks? How do you like it?

>>6255851
fm
>>6255851
Have you ever handled a Revoltech?

I really, really like him, despite some flaws you can work around.
Namely the hips. They're on ball joints with limited range with the thigh swivels acting as extensions of the hip range as they're cut on an angle. It's unintuitive and takes getting used to.
You won't be getting one thigh over the other but aside from that, they offer a ridiculous range.
Another gripe of mine is that the knee isn't always properly aligned due to the angled thigh cuts. It's impossible to have the knee face the way it's 'supposed to' in certain poses BUT Yamaguchi sculpted it this way on purpose and the area around the knee is serviceable as a faux-knee. Sounds very weird and shitty and to be honest it IS less than ideal but you'll get used to it.
Same with the gappy shoulders (incredible range though!). You'll have to fiddle and work with it.

I understand if that sounds off-putting but this is the closest anyone has ever come to my dream Spider-Man.

You may want to have a look at some competent posing of Spidey to convince yourself:
http://revoltechrox.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/02/05/170009
Also look up hot.kenobi on instagram.

tl;dr
Yes it is a lot of fun, but maybe not for you.

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sixshot is great

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>>6256031

I prefer the 3P one, but the officials good if you can't afford one of the 3P offerings, or just don't want to drop that kind of money on a "literally who".

>>6256054

What Scorp figure is that?

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>FAGGOT

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>>6256397
>WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALL ME

>>6256178
Mezco MKX Scorpion.

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>>6255266

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Hya!

>>6256766
Nice. How did you do the dirt floating? Is it photoshop or blowing on it?

>>6256846
Buddy of mine kicking the dirt off frame

>>6256727
Where is he from

>>6256863
NECA Booker from Bioshock Infinite

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>>6254138
you're kinda wrong there.

pure daylight is around 5600K, which is white. when you go beyond 5600 you get more blue.

what I assume he meant is sunlight at it's peak shines white off an object, you only get tungsten/yellow light when the sun is rising or setting because of our atmosphere as the sun passes through more air at those times, giving off a yellow glow.

natural light is good to work with, it's just the problem of diffusing it right and timing but usually if you take a photo outside and set your white balance accordingly you should be able to get a decent photo

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>>6254138
>>6257037
also I work in a film rental house where I work on studio lights all day (HMI, tungsten, LEDs). HMIs (daylights) are meant to replicate daylight, and they do have a bluish tone when you strike them but once they get up to temperature they are supposed to be white daylight.

I kinda know what I'm talking about here.

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>>6251928
when you use live view you're probably using the video function right? use the magnification button to zoom in a little and use the manual focus to get sharp.

remember this: the more light you have, the more shallow the depth of field will be. the less light the more you'll be able to get into focus.

if you open up your aperture your subject will be more in focus that the bg. to keep both in focus but retain light you need to stop down and then play with the ISO and shutter speed to still allow a good amount of light in while not flooding the picture with light

>>6257037
At least you sound intelligent when you're wrong, not like that other Anon.

There's no such thing as white light; pure physics baby. Our subjective observation is what makes it white or yellow or green or blue.

Also, for the record, I don't think there's anything inherently terrible about shooting outdoors or not. What you lack in control you make up for in lack of set up time so it evens out.

My issue was with that other jackass that said shooting outside is the ONLY way to get a good photo is to shoot it outside. And while you and I might disagree on color temps, we can surely both agree that there's nothing better or worse about shooting outdoors.

for some reason, its incredibly hard for me to depict to characters fighting each other on an even level.

1. its really hard to find a good angle, that shows both characters equally. both characters facing the camera is virtually impossible.

2. it's hard to make both characters appear evenly strong, without one beating the crap out of the other. Most ACBA guys show batman knocking another character out, but not both fighting equally.

i have both; PAK Cloud and Sephiroth for like two weeks now and i just can't get it right, it's driving me insane.

them being superhuman characters with elegant, but powerful movements at the same time makes it even harder. like, sephiroth basically stands still most of the time (at least in the cutscenes and movies i've seen) and cloud dances around like crazy, but still moves really elegant. Formless, shapeless. like Water.

God, i'm stuck at this shit. i hate toyphotography sometimes.

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>>6257037
>I assume he meant is sunlight at it's peak shines white

Correct. I'm talking about broad daylight

>>6257204
>There's no such thing as white light; pure physics baby.

Stop it, you're embarrassing yourself. Besides I already pointed out that its not like you've contributed anything. Its like a virgin trying to give relationship advice.

Take a minute to learn a thing or two:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum

>that other jackass that said shooting outside is the ONLY way to get a good photo is to shoot it outside.

No I didn't. I suggested learning to shoot outdoors and then working with artificial light after learning basic photography principals. I never said shooting outdoors makes a picture better, I said sunlight is the best light. Refer to >>6252048

The lighting on this >>6256766 wouldn't look as good if I tried to shoot it on a dio with lights. Hell, even when I shoot indoors I use sunlight. Pic Related is another example.

>>6257498
>it's hard to make both characters appear evenly strong, without one beating the crap out of the other. Most ACBA guys show batman knocking another character out, but not both fighting equally.

Yeah, part of what I don't like about he ACBA is that the leadership are mediocre at best but everyone tries to emulate certain things they do. D_Amazing is the worst offender when it comes to "superhero pounding on a group of mooks"

Try to make it a struggle, like pic related or a sword clash. You can also levitate Sephiroth and have Cloud in a dynamic pose like he's running or in mid sword swipe. Whatever you go with I'm sure it'll turn out great.

>>6255968
this is really cool!

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>>6257204
I'm not wrong, I work in photography and video dude.

If it's physics then explain it. Daylight is meant to be close or almost exact to white light, and if it has a blue tinge it goes beyond 5600K or you're just perceiving it differently because I assume no person sees light/color the exact same way.

Also the anon you're battling pretty much schooled you so you're either a shitposter or actually don't know what you're talking about.

>At least you sound intelligent when you're wrong, not like that other Anon.

That is the most pretentious thing I've ever heard.

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>>6256502
>YOU FUCKIN HEARD HIM

>>6255821
what figures are these? I have an inordinate amount of white thug figures.

>>6255851

>>6255866 here already did a great job describing it, but yeah, even as a Revoltech fan there was a learning curve for me when posing Spidey. There are so many different ways to utilize the articulation to make the perfect pose you want. It's definitely Yamaguchi's most "Yamaguchi" figure to date, so take that as a positive or a negative in regard to your own tastes.

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>>6257649
>WHAT ARE WE YELLING ABOUT?

>>6256766
You seem like youre excited for the tp link

>>6257666

You fucking know it, man. Other things I'm hoping to see in the future are Ganondorf, OoT Link and BOTW Link

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>>6257784

new thread >>6257888
new thread >>6257888
new thread >>6257888

>>6257650

harlam heat elites and kamala elite