Black Boar, my playing cue with our new lens

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coopdeville said:
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Animated FTW!
 
Nice

Coop,

Beautiful cue! With all the crazy inlays people are doing, which are beautiful as well, I think a simple traditional cue when done right can be just as stunning.

Mark
 
JCIN said:
I think a little longer shutter speed will give you what you are looking for. I am looking at Macro's right now too. They really are the nuts for cues. I am between the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 or waiting and trying to get the more expensive Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR.

I am assuming you are using the Nikkor 60 f/2.8 Macro. I was looking at that but I read a lot of reviews encouraging the longer focal length's. Are you happy with the 60mm? I kind of wondered if the 60mm would be fine for shooting cues and it looks like it is pretty good.
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Macro photography is my favorite, if I was a photographer that would be my bag. Close up shots of old school cues that show the battle scar's would be cool.
 
If you have good lightning then you can get nice macros with a "point & click" camera as well...

These were taken with a Canon IXUS60 set to auto and macro.
The cue was placed on table near a window in daylight with no direct light so no flash was fired. Camera was hand held.

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Most of the pictures in my gallery were taken this way...

I have a Nikon D40x that I'm toying with, I still need to work on my photography skills...
 
It doesn't matter where am I, I always try to avoid using the flash like the devil. It takes away the last noodle of naturality from whatever the subject of the photo is. On the other hand, sunshine DOES help a lot in taking AAA+ photos showing the natural beauty of - for example - a cue. For the very best macros either an extremely steady hand or a stance is required and perhaps a 2 second timer so that there is absolutely no movement when the camera takes the picture - I used this when taking this picture. No photoshop or other work was done to it at all. http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg118/poohkiller-adidas/burton22-043.jpg
 
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I can't have cues, cases, hot rod parts, AND a good camera. :(
Life is tough and then you die.
 
Lightbox?

You mentioned using a light box to take the photo's. Is there a picture somewhere of a light box that is good for shooting cue photo's?

I have several cues I'd like to photograph and would be interested in starting to gather the stuff to git'r done.
 
Jim,
You don't really need a light box, it does make it easier to control reflections though.
Start here.
Knowledge is power. The more you learn, the more you see you can do it
with any equipment, but you'll also learn how much more is possible with
a dslr camera body and a couple great lenses.
Happy shooting.

JimS said:
You mentioned using a light box to take the photo's. Is there a picture somewhere of a light box that is good for shooting cue photo's?

I have several cues I'd like to photograph and would be interested in starting to gather the stuff to git'r done.
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chuckpilegis said:
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100 dollar canon
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I got enough ridge detail from your fingerprints to have you framed for half a dozen felonies.

Cough up the Schon cue, or prepare for ruination!!! ;)

Nice work on the pics, sir.
 
Ballistic Billiards said:
Jim,
You don't really need a light box, it does make it easier to control reflections though.
Start here.
Knowledge is power. The more you learn, the more you see you can do it
with any equipment, but you'll also learn how much more is possible with
a dslr camera body and a couple great lenses.
Happy shooting.
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Thanks for the link. I'll do some reading.
 
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