New pics of Young Aztec

[Sambaman]

Well, this is much more about the fact that I finally got some decent pictures out of my little digital camera, than a re-posting of this figure! I know I've shown it before, but these new pictures are soooooo much better I just thought I would share! I used aperture priority and manually set the F-stop to 4.5. I used two "clamp lamps" on my desk with GE Reveal bulbs, both lamps covered with tracing paper to attempt to diffuse the light a tad. I used the macro setting on the camera and left my overhead fluorescent lights on. I shot at night so there was no daylight in the room at all. I used a tripod and also used the camera's timer (2 sec delay) to shoot so I would get no movement. I'm no photographer, so I may have gotten some of that wrong, feel free to correct me if I did, just wanting to share a little triumph I had with these pics. I've included one of my first pics (the last one) just so you can see the difference. Thanks for looking!

Jay H.

 

[megroot]

The pictures are indeed much better. And you have done some incredible paintwork on this bust.
Great work.

marc

 

[housecarl]

Just goes to show how camera settings can effect the outcome, superb fleshy bits Jay.
Carl.

 

[Guy]

Much better pics Jay.

 

[kansas kid]

Yo Sambaman. . . Whoa, Nellie. . . you can cha cha and rumba too. Lovely
images Jay. And just beautiful skin tones. I'm turnin' Kermit the Frog Green
with envy over here in Yankeeville Heartland. Great tones thru out, I
especially like the way you have rendered all the feathers, which I think are
so hard to make look like real feathers; and I really like your colour
choices.

Jayhawker

 

[mil-mart]

Jay, excellent pictures, they came out really well. Made a mental note regarding the 2 sec timer.

Cheers Ken

 

[gordy]

The after is much better than the before!

 

[Sambaman]

Marc, Carl, Guy, Rick, Ken, Gordy, thanks gents!

Just goes to show what a little tenacity and some experimentation can do! It took me a while, but I'm getting there!

Jay H.

 

[dArtagnan]

Excellent paintjob, Jay! Nice choice of colors!
Eddy

 

[sam b]

Excellent Jay , is the skin airbrushed ?
Sam

 

[Sambaman]

Thanks Eddy!

Sam, no I paint in oils and work to get the transitions as smooth as I can. Thanks for the kind words!

Jay H.

 

[rheath]

Beautifully done work Jay as always and the pics are stunning.

 

[Sambaman]

Thanks a bunch Rob!

Jay H.

 

[davidmitchell]

Great painting and photos Jay.


Cheers David

 

[JGREEN]

I still think it's awesome Jay - now that you've got the photography tweaked, how about some new stuff!!

Jason

 

[smudger1960]

Jay - Great painting mate,i love the blue feathers and the headdress,great skintones as well,

 

[Martin Vlcek]

Great

 

[Sambaman]

David, Jason, Brian, Martin, thanks for the kind words gents!

Jason, your wish is my command..........missed you at Atlanta my friend. It was a BLAST!

Jay H.

 

[sarouman]

Hi Jay
A really quite professional painting!!1
Excellent!!

Alexandros

 

[Sambaman]

Thanks Alexandros!

Jay H.