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Hello!

I've been around in the Lego community for a long time, but have only recently started building more Castle, mostly for the purposes of photography. I find it's one of the best and most photo-friendly themes to photograph. Since there is not a photo-specific forum I could find on the site (outside of the tips & tricks one) and MOCs are involved in creating the settings for photos, I figured this section was my best first bet. If Admins need to move to a better place, no worries at all.

Most of my photos so far are based on 3 adventures, but now it's expanding to knights and villians. Below is what I've done so far. As I progress, the MOC aspect will grow larger and more complex (I hope).

Thanks for the admission and apologies for any stumbling around I may do.

Through the Desert of Dust
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50901404 ... 53cf5f.jpg[/img]

Trial of Tooth & Claw
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50903090 ... e7e562.jpg[/img]

Into the Fray
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50788917 ... cacc65.jpg[/img]

Riverside by night
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50788815 ... 6cc385.jpg[/img]

Garrison Northern March
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50939689 ... 70910d.jpg[/img]

Wow, that is cool!!! I especially love the snow scene though. The men trudging through the snow is just so realistic . I also like how the lamps are lit up in the second one. What program did you use to get that effect?

Bishons wrote:Wow, that is cool!!! I especially love the snow scene though. The men trudging through the snow is just so realistic . I also like how the lamps are lit up in the second one. What program did you use to get that effect?

Thanks! They are just the regular flame Lego element lit up with a red laser pointer.

These look great! Welcome to Classic Castle!

Toradoch wrote:Thanks! They are just the regular flame Lego element lit up with a red laser pointer.

That in camera technique looks great! I've also noticed that a handful of Lego's transparent blocks will glow under a blacklight to create a similar effect.

Rick-Ricks wrote: That in camera technique looks great! I've also noticed that a handful of Lego's transparent blocks will glow under a blacklight to create a similar effect.

Thanks! Yes that's another great technique!

My favorite shot is definitely the snowy one with all the soldiers. Like Rick-Ricks said, that camera looks great. What type is it? Mine is a Cannon EOS 550d.

minoboys wrote:My favorite shot is definitely the snowy one with all the soldiers. Like Rick-Ricks said, that camera looks great. What type is it? Mine is a Cannon EOS 550d.

Thanks so much! My camera is actually an older one I picked up used. It's a quasi-SLR Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 - basically the hardware of an SLR with software that helps with the processing a bit. I chose it because Lumix uses really good German lenses, and the processing helps lessen the learning curve for such specific photography.

Great shots and photo editing. The scenes really jump out of the screen at you!

jtooker wrote:Great shots and photo editing. The scenes really jump out of the screen at you!

Thanks so much! Appreciate it!