deadhead | 31 Oct 2019 7:55 a.m. PST |
You have all been very kind in your reviews of my recent postings of Old Glory in Hue and then A Street in Hue. I know everyone wants to see the colour pictures and they are far more appealing to Ged of course, who wants his figures to look their best. But I still think of most war photography of the era as still in Monochrome. Photographers under fire could hardly have captured the street scene at the angle I showed. Instead they will be behind the Marines and crouching low, so that camera angle is important. Let me try two more photos, in which the figures are hard to see, with a Hue house at background.
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Old Contemptible | 31 Oct 2019 8:02 a.m. PST |
The color version is better. I think they had color back then. Why do all this lovely work and show it in black and white? |
Legion 4 | 31 Oct 2019 8:08 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 31 Oct 2019 11:09 a.m. PST |
This is very nice work. Purely from a photography standpoint, though, you probably want more matte castings or more diffuse light. Shine on flesh or metal can be explained away, but you're picking up some shine on uniform fabrics which breaks the illusion. A whiff of smoke might do: I've heard of it being done. But that's a counsel of perfection. You're about half a grade from "I never saw that 1968 photo before." |
deadhead | 31 Oct 2019 12:08 p.m. PST |
Now that I will research more. I want a counsel of perfection too! This needed four spotlights because I wanted depth of focus, so a really closed aperture, couple of secs exposure, low ASA …so the most matt uniforms start to shine. These figures all got a Rowneys matt varnish and that is the Dog's B…s for matt. MUCH appreciated. I knew no one would like these pics in B&W. I love them…that's me |
nnascati | 31 Oct 2019 1:42 p.m. PST |
Liam, I for one do like the black and white effect. Makes them look like magazine photos. |
deadhead | 31 Oct 2019 2:11 p.m. PST |
Yes, so do I. Not great for the models themselves, if you are trying to publicise them. But I am a bit weird here. I do not chuck dice, so these figures will never appear in a wargame. (I will say, yet again, that VN is too recent for me to game it, but that is just my thinking). Equally I have too many figures to display in the study now, so these will soon be in the attic, in boxes, in the dark. No, I have always been into conversions and Greenstuff, painting, photos, posting onto the Napoleonic Fora and then putting in the attic. I got into VN by chance, thanks to Ged of Gringos 40. He gave me the medic set to say a thanks for doing all his image posting (because he had no idea how to do it!). One glance at this trio, I bought the entire US Marines range, as currently offered. I think they are the best 28m figs I have seen from any era or range (and no, I do not have any connection with the company whatsoever. I think I can honestly be unbiased…indeed I have told him there are one or two I do not like as much) |
nnascati | 31 Oct 2019 2:56 p.m. PST |
Hopefully, I will not lose heart, and these will indeed see use on the tabletop. |
jammy four | 31 Oct 2019 5:32 p.m. PST |
Liam the black and white photos are growing on me..a small suggestion how about some Sepia style ones or as near as dam it…or tonned down colour..there again maybe you have used that……… just an aside …phase 10 of my release schedule is well underway!! Nick you will not lose heart..wait till you see the next lot!! regards Ged gringo40s.com gringo40s.blogspot.com |
Sundance | 31 Oct 2019 6:19 p.m. PST |
"I think they had color back then." Color film dates to the 1930s, which explains why we have color photographs of World War II. |
Walking Sailor | 31 Oct 2019 7:55 p.m. PST |
"It's just the world was black and white back then." link |
deadhead | 01 Nov 2019 1:22 a.m. PST |
Do follow that link…it is simply genius and makes perfect sense strangely. Certainly raised a real laugh here. That is how we "remember" historical events. The moon landings, the World Cup win in 1966, both World Wars. Once you do colourise, remaster the film and add sound, as did Peter Jackson so memorably, the distant past seems like yesterday, but it is no longer 100 years ago genuine history. |
YogiBearMinis | 02 Nov 2019 6:24 a.m. PST |
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