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Off-camera flash takes just a bit more equipment and thoughtful planning!
Shot with 15mm fisheye at 15mm at 1/160, f/7.1 200 ISO. 580EX on monopod triggered by Pocket Wizards.
Should have used a stofen to soften the flash.
Pullback model, aprox 1:36 scale.
Salido como parte de la colección "Deportivos de Lujo" de La Tercera, el 17 de junio de 2013.
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For some unknown reason scores of cheapo Chinese diecast manufacturers have used the International DuraStar as their default choice of truck to model. Pretty much all of them are unlicensed and pretty much all of them add body styles which would never be used on the real vehicle.
I can't imagine a DuraStar ever being used as an Ice Cream van due to its real life size but actually looks rather charming here in model form where such accuracies rarely matter or are considered by the toy manufacturers. Made by a company called Rong Xing its well styled with a crisp metal cab and plastic rear body. Its also one of few Rong Xing products which feature a pullback motor.
Part of a nine vehicle set found at an Auchan hypermarket in France.
Mint and boxed.
Pullback model, aprox 1:36 scale.
Salido como parte de la colección "Deportivos de Lujo" de La Tercera, el 17 de junio de 2013.
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McCanns Steel Cut Oats.
Another view, different background objects.
pullback view with notes here...
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It really does take thirty minutes to cook.
I put natural sugar in there, a dab of butter and some high fat Vitamin D milk.
Yes, it was cold by the time I ate it. But it was still very tasty.
strobist sb800 top right with foam diffuser and second sb800 to camera right with diffuser both about 1/64th power. F1.4 or f2 with old Nikon 50mm lens.
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Here are your BlockoLUG uploads for Monday November 1st! Stay tuned as we update all the way to Friday!
(also spotlight on fellow Blockolugger andy for squeezing a pullback motor into my previous Hawking wheelchair. mad skillz, yo)
And of course, where would we be without the original CubeDude himself, MacLane!
Pullback model, aprox 1:36 scale.
Salido como parte de la colección "Deportivos de Lujo" de La Tercera, el 17 de junio de 2013.
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The larger "Hiper" sized Chinese bazaars of Spain were particularly bountiful on my recent visit and thus amply satisfied my desire for the cheaper Chinese side of diecast collecting. Lots of new brands for my collection and a sizeable amount of those were obvious copies of other manufacturers products.
One such bazaar had a rather large selection of small scale castings made by a company called Qizhuo Toys, one being a rather well executed copy of the unusual looking Tomica Nissan Diesel P-AZ30D Morita Ariel Ladder Truck.
For a low end product I was pleasantly surprised by its metal content and robust build quality. It has remarkably intricate looking wheels as well as a fully functioning ladder and pullback function.
Mint and boxed.
Corgi Mercedes-Benz Sprinter box van Ocado – Apple.
There are six versions of this which is from the first series, marked ©2008, with pull-back motors.
The second series had ten colours, were packed in smaller card boxes, and the vans had off-white cabs. The designs on the box bodies were less abstract than on this series.
Here is a link to my complete set of the second series: www.flickr.com/photos/adrianz-toyz/53371984637
1/34 scale Kinsmart diecasts, pullback-motor toys detailed as models. Nice, well-detailed bodies , pad-printed emblems, a lot of the other detailing is mine.
The blue car will stay factory stock, the black one will get ninja-themed accessories and go into a diorama with a pirate-themed Hummer. Eventually....
Yeading are yet another new brand to my collection and one which seems to be based around this small scale bus of unknown origin. A handful of Chinese toy makers produce something very similar so I can only assume its based on a real vehicle though as yet its identity eludes me!
Typical of others of the same breed it features plasticky wheels and a pullback function though what makes this Yeading branded item stand out is its remarkably highly detailed front and rear detailing, much better than I was expecting once in hand!
One of a few found at a large Chinese bazaar in Spain recently.
Mint and boxed.
Reminding me a little of the impressive but unlicensed models made by the likes of Y.T.G.F. and Miniauto is this range of three inch sized supercars made by a company called AMZ Toys/Aimingzheng. Very accurate for their low price point and non approved status and possesses a semi-premium vibe certainly not found in similar priced Hot Wheels and Matchbox.
Think of this Lamborghini Aventador as a cut price Majorette featuring precise fitting opening front doors and rear hatch plus as much detailing as they dare and a pullback mechanism.
Mint and boxed.
1/34 scale Kinsmart diecasts, pullback-motor toys detailed as models. Nice, well-detailed bodies , pad-printed emblems, a lot of the other detailing is mine.
I have a thing for models of mainstream cars; both of these were downgraded to base models- the Corolla was no definite trim level but originally had blacked "B" pillars, the Caliber was explicitly an R/T. I'm half-tempted to fill in the Caliber's sunroof and enter it into a model contest's "military" category as a GSA sedan.
In 2006, McDonald's issued a series of eight Hummer vehicles. These were around 1/50 scale and all had some kind of gimmick--wind up motors, friction motors, pullback motors, winches, or in the case of the H2H; a light up bit representing the hydrogen fuel cell.
I had the H1, H2 SUT (pickup), H2H Hydrogen Concept, and H3T Concept.. All got a ton of play growing up. They were pretty detailed, and held up pretty well (H3T and H2T's mechanisms are both half-stripped now, however).
The H1 got the most play, however. Its winch is fairly powerful, and can pull about twice the model's weight. It is self-retracting. Pull it out, and a clockwork mechanism retracts it.
I have to personally admit, these were the best toys McDonald's did when I was a kid. It was even better than the somewhat crude Hot Wheels that were made MUCH cheaper than the ones I found in stores then.
These next two images were taken on Kauai at the famous Hanalei Pier. I shot both within about 30 minutes of each other, and this will help explain why I carry at least 2 camera bodies when I travel.
You'll notice a lot of my long exposure work is done during golden hours, or even during the middle of the day for black and white conversions. I get really anxious shooting long exposures during sunrises/sunsets as the light is so limited you only get a couple shots to get it right. And there's nothing quite like committing to a multiple minute exposure only to see the sky really blow up with intense detail. There are just times when I'd prefer a shorter exposure to retain all that detail.
So for this solo trip back in March I brought my D800 and D7000 and rented the Nikon Df (LOVE that camera). I brought a couple tripods as well. While this long exposure was firing with the Df I was over in the tide with my D800, shooting much shorter exposures to get that tide pullback effect I enjoy so much.
I set up in tides for all my slow shutter work, but for the really long exposures, no matter how robust a tripod is, you need to be set with solid footing. So I read the tide and set the Df up in a spot I knew wouldn't be affected by the incoming tide, and opted against a really wide angle shot.
I knew the long exposure would give a pretty reflection, and with all the folks walking and stopping at the end of the pier this approach helped in removing people in-camera. While I often like how "busy" a shot can look with the blurring of clouds, zooming in here made the shot much more simple, and when I only have a couple static subjects in a frame I think in terms of "square format."
I'm a BIG stickler for straight horizon lines. That should always be a huge priority when composing a landscape. With that said the straight portion of the horizon is hidden in this image (the shot is level, but the land heading out to Na Pali Coast almost appears otherwise). I originally got really low so I could see the horizon below the top of the pier, but the gap was a little too small with the zoom I selected, and I wanted to be set up closer to eye level to get more reflection in the cove's negative space.
Nikon Df
Nikkor 24-70mm/f2.8
Really Right Stuff TQC-14 Tripod with BH-30 LR Ballhead
LEE 0.9 Soft Grad ND
Formatt Hitech PRO IRND 10 Stop (I loathe this filter and have sold it - NO, it's not the same as the new Firecrest I'm raving about. This filter had such a nasty color cast I did have to do a lot of correction in post)
44mm
f14
ISO 100
405 Seconds
The clouds weren't moving too incredibly fast and I wanted a painterly blur here, so needed to go quite long with the exposure time, thus I went f14. f8 would have been plenty for depth of field.
Post production:
Again, I had to work a decent amount to get rid of the magenta color cast, but luckily the scene was a firey red to begin with.
1.) LR5 for lens corrections and chromatic abberation removal.
2.) Nik's Dfine for denoising--I pushed the Df's sensor to the limits here and did get a pretty noisey shot with a TON of hot pixels.
3.) Back into LR5 to bring up shadows, take down highlights, and then re-add lights. (That lights slider is right below the basic sliders, underneath the tone curve box--I tend to take down highlights a lot and add the lights).
4.) Into Nik's Color Efex for:
a.) Pro Contrast (remember, this helps with dynamic contrast and color correction)
b.) Polarization
c.) Sunlight on the foreground water and the brightest part of the sky.
d.) Very minimal Glamour Glow to help with more smoothing and tone warmth
e.) Graduated Neutral Density to darken the top-most section of the photo--to help isolate the pier and the sunset glow as much as possible.
f.) Brilliance and Warmth to help with a little more color enhancement.
5.) Back into LR5 to do another pass on chromatic abberations (simply checked the "remove chromatic abberations" box in the lens corrections section)
6.) Brushed in a little more highlights in the forefround
7.) Into Nik's Output Sharpener for slight sharpening on the pier and mountains, only.
The next image was again, taken during the same sunset, and only about 40 feet away from this location.
Pullback model, aprox 1:36 scale.
Salido como parte de la colección "Deportivos de Lujo" de La Tercera, el 17 de junio de 2013.
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As Qizhuo Toys only produce lower end cheapo diecasts which are completely unlicensed its perhaps forgivable that their interpretation of a Ford F-150 is rather chunky and heavy handed. Styling traits are present in terms of the signature F-150 side windows and shaped headlights but nothing is done with any real finesse though at this price point did you expect anything different?
Sturdy construction to its credit with a pullback motor and decent looking alloy effect wheels.
Mint and boxed.
Test Product shot.
Stetson Black Cologne Spray.
My first impression when I saw this was, "That bottle is black."
When I went to shoot it, light was coming through it and making it grey. So, as per helpful information in Light: Science and Magic, I cut a small piece of black paper and taped it to the back of it. They were using white paper behind a glass or bottle of beer to brighten it and snooting an extra light onto the paper. I needed to darken my image.
Nikon SB800, ebay trigger firing it at half power on a desktop setup. Large rollup paper from a conference room easel pad. 11x17 inch paper hung on the sides with strobe bouncing off of side. Extra pads of paper set upright for fill reflectors.
Exposure: Manual, 90th sec at f22, 200ASA. White balance was on auto this time. Nikon D50.
Pullback view in my stream. www.flickr.com/photos/photoshoparama/677485356/
Retouching in Photoshop to remove a few spots of dust that were on my sensor (removed now for NEXT time)
Other notes, Get down to the same level as the product and vertically center its center in your viewfinder or you may get keystoning. Watch the level at the sides in your viewfinder. Watch the reflections on face so -all- of the lettering shows. Place reflectors there to help lettering if necessary.
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