[Mike Barrio]

I really enjoy playing with my camera outdoors in natural light

But anything that I try to do indoors and close up just leads to total frustration, I'm useless at it

The quality of these feathers is amazing ..... and I can't capture it

[Liam Stephen]

Best I've ever seen Mike! Sandy showed me his stash. Hurry up and get them on your website, I'm not tying a dry until I have some!   

 

[Mike Barrio]

I know the Gallo De Leon feathers are superb Liam ....... my lack of skills is the problem    

Cheers
Mike

[Liam Stephen]

Your pic is pretty damn good Mike. I would say the only thing it doesn't show is the brilliant sheen.

 

[Mike Barrio]

Thanks Liam ..... but the photos need to be better

Cheers
Mike

[Marc Fauvet]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MXKEVU2/ref=sr_1_27?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1481805903&sr=1-27-spons&keywords=light+box&psc=1

 

[Mike Barrio]

Thanks Marc, I have something similar but it still doesn't make up for lack of skills ..... I need to practice this stuff

Cheers
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

It was always going to be the problem, the feathers are so good its hard to show them off. Its a good picture though, gets the colours pretty well

have you tried a black background (preferably material) and lighting them from both sides so you get the sheen without using the flash. You'll need a tripod to eliminate the camera movement and it might be worth experiment with the shutter speed to get the depth of field.

Might be a good excuse to pop over for a coffee, just a pity I'm working till sunday

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Getting there ...... very slowly
But I'm struggling to capture the sheen and quality in a photo

[Mike Barrio]

Closer ...... but I still can't get them how I want them yet

[Mike Barrio]

Spent a most enjoyable afternoon with our photography guru friend in Banff

I learnt a lot and I feel all fired up ..... perhaps the best piece of advice was to forget the auto focus and practice doing things manually

Cheers
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

Now we are getting somewhere ......... 

The man from Banff rules

[Magnus Angus]

Tail example

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff Magnus ..... more to practice

Cheers
Mike

[Allan Liddle]

Beautiful photos