I spent a few hours of free time last night putting together some little dioramas with some of the 32x vehicles and figures I have around my apartment at school. I have many more vehicles and accessories at home, however, I don't keep them at school. Most of the photos were taken in black & white (actually sepia) with my digital camera to enhance the level of realism. There are a few colored ones. These are my first attempts at at dioramas in this scale. Due to space and material constraints, these are all relatively up-close photos, designed to put the viewer right into the action. Let me know what you all think and thanks for looking!
Here's the link:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shampts@s ... as,4%3af,0
32x Dioramas -- Take a Look!
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tmanthegreat
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tmanthegreat
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Sorry about that... The link worked when I tested it after posting, but that may have something to do with being on my computer. Lets try this again:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shampts@s ... /my_photos
If it doesn't work again, try the link to my website and look under the 32x Diorama's page.
tman
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shampts@s ... /my_photos
If it doesn't work again, try the link to my website and look under the 32x Diorama's page.
tman
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tmanthegreat
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Those are great shots Tman. I particularily like the T-34/85 pics. I also impressed how good those little 1/32 figures look when photographed close up....quite realistic. In some ways more realistic than the larger 1/18 figures since there is no articulation present. (Btw, the vehicle you've labeled as a stug III is actually a stug IV, as it's based on the Panzer IV chassis)
I like the way you used b/w and blurring too. Very cool. I hope you'll take some more sometime and post them....maybe a king tiger lying in ambush or a British Matilda in a desert setting..
I like the way you used b/w and blurring too. Very cool. I hope you'll take some more sometime and post them....maybe a king tiger lying in ambush or a British Matilda in a desert setting..
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tmanthegreat
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Whew! Finally have a chance to get back to you guys from a UCLA library computer! The cable internet at my apartment is down, so my responses over the next couple of weeks will be slower. The cable company is upgrading the subsctiption and thus cancelled the old service and can't send a technician out to install the new service until February 1! Just give me the access numbers and I'll do it in 5 minutes! Arghhh 
To get back on track...
Here's how I did the photos. I used my digital camera [an Olympus 726 C, I believe] in either the custom photo or portrait mode with the color usually set to "sepia" to make the photos black & white. The camera was set on a textbook or on the desk to get different heights and to hold it still. Lighting came from desk and room lights, and I didn't use the camera flash as it made the objects too "shiny." It was difficult to get the focus right at such close range, and for each good photo, there were 1-2 bad ones!
The backdrop is a scenic countryside picture that came as a demo with the JASC Photoshop software on my machine. I blew it up to about 8" X 10.5" and printed it at the highest quality setting on my inkjet printer. In retrospect, it seemed to work perfectly. It is mounted on the wall and the setups were made on a desk top pushed right up to the wall. The photos are all framed within that small backdrop.
Most of the shots are no more than 12-14 inches deep, which is the reason why you can't see the end of the tank gun barrels in some pictures. The figures that are blurred are closer to the camera than others. The folliage was made using moss from a houseplant. The figures, most of the vehicles, and the sandbag emplacements are 21c 32x, but the T-34 tank, the smaller crates, barrels, and the brick wall ruins are FOV.
Glad you all have enjoyed the pictures and thanks for your positive comments
. I have also corrected the Stug III error!
To get back on track...
Here's how I did the photos. I used my digital camera [an Olympus 726 C, I believe] in either the custom photo or portrait mode with the color usually set to "sepia" to make the photos black & white. The camera was set on a textbook or on the desk to get different heights and to hold it still. Lighting came from desk and room lights, and I didn't use the camera flash as it made the objects too "shiny." It was difficult to get the focus right at such close range, and for each good photo, there were 1-2 bad ones!
The backdrop is a scenic countryside picture that came as a demo with the JASC Photoshop software on my machine. I blew it up to about 8" X 10.5" and printed it at the highest quality setting on my inkjet printer. In retrospect, it seemed to work perfectly. It is mounted on the wall and the setups were made on a desk top pushed right up to the wall. The photos are all framed within that small backdrop.
Most of the shots are no more than 12-14 inches deep, which is the reason why you can't see the end of the tank gun barrels in some pictures. The figures that are blurred are closer to the camera than others. The folliage was made using moss from a houseplant. The figures, most of the vehicles, and the sandbag emplacements are 21c 32x, but the T-34 tank, the smaller crates, barrels, and the brick wall ruins are FOV.
Glad you all have enjoyed the pictures and thanks for your positive comments
. I have also corrected the Stug III error!
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luftpanzer
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They look awesome!!! Bet you dont have a 2 year old daughter. hehe
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tmanthegreat
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