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Post by stardiamond on Sept 9, 2019 14:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 9, 2019 14:28:49 GMT -5
I don't know what a bleaching wheel is, but woodman posted some wood images that he bleached and they looked great.
Nice cabs BTW.
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Post by stardiamond on Sept 9, 2019 14:36:41 GMT -5
There actually may be something like that but I was referencing a magical wheel that made too dark material lighter.
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Post by woodman on Sept 9, 2019 15:01:37 GMT -5
Either soak in household bleach or lay them out in the sun. If the material will bleach out , either method will work. does not work on all material.
a bit more depth of field would help the stinkingwater pieces.
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Post by stardiamond on Sept 9, 2019 15:31:19 GMT -5
Either soak in household bleach or lay them out in the sun. If the material will bleach out , either method will work. does not work on all material. a bit more depth of field would help the stinkingwater pieces. I don't do we well photographing white. I take three pictures; one on a dop, one on cab stand and one next to a quarter on a wooden box. On the stand is best for white. It can make the dome look higher but that isn't an issue for this cab. The cabs are in the freezer so I can get them off the stick and then will take a picture on a cab stand. I did a lot of B&W film photography and had a lot of wide angle lenses to get the depth pf field I wanted. I haven't done a very good job of figuring out how to use my digital camera. I use the macro setting using natural light and everything else is auto. |
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Post by woodman on Sept 9, 2019 16:23:38 GMT -5
Either soak in household bleach or lay them out in the sun. If the material will bleach out , either method will work. does not work on all material. a bit more depth of field would help the stinkingwater pieces. I don't do we well photographing white. I take three pictures; one on a dop, one on cab stand and one next to a quarter on a wooden box. On the stand is best for white. It can make the dome look higher but that isn't an issue for this cab. The cabs are in the freezer so I can get them off the stick and then will take a picture on a cab stand. I did a lot of B&W film photography and had a lot of wide angle lenses to get the depth pf field I wanted. I haven't done a very good job of figuring out how to use my digital camera. I use the macro setting using natural light and everything else is auto. Understand, I am still trying to learn. I got away from using the auto settings unless I don't a have enough light. natural light is always the best but i match the white balance setting with the light i am using. I do take a lot under fluorescent light where I am using a tripod and a long exposure. It is fun to play with and the nice thing about digital cameras is that we can delete a lot of mistakes. I could not afford to use a film camera. I like to use the "p" setting on my canon where I set the iso and the camera takes over from there for most of my outside shots. If I want to play with depth of field I use the Av stting and vary the appperture to what I think I need. Heavy on the I think part! My method is pretty much trial and error. Wife said ethe other day That i need to get back to making cabs for her to wear! |
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Post by miket on Sept 9, 2019 16:38:11 GMT -5
I like them! You don't see many pet wood cabs on here- you did a great job.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Sept 9, 2019 17:00:04 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. Pet wood is one of the affordable cabbing materials and takes an excellent polish. I bought a two slab item on ebay but was mainly interested in the herringbone. It came out how I wanted it to. There are better scenes on the slab I made the second pet wood cab but I like to try out new material saving the best for later. I had very low expectations for that one and probably won't cut any more cabs from the slab.
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Post by miket on Sept 10, 2019 9:23:49 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. Pet wood is one of the affordable cabbing materials and takes an excellent polish. I bought a two slab item on ebay but was mainly interested in the herringbone. It came out how I wanted it to. There are better scenes on the slab I made the second pet wood cab but I like to try out new material saving the best for later. I had very low expectations for that one and probably won't cut any more cabs from the slab. That herringbone pattern is pretty sweet, you nailed it for sure. I've made a few cabs from the wood I've collected, I really should get some more done. So many rocks, not enough hours in the day... |
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