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Offline DanaM

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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2010, 07:55:47 am »
Great looking bow :)
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2010, 09:41:59 am »
Thank you guys for your nice comments.

Something to the topic photography: I am a photographer, so I have the equipment, the knowledge and the opportunity to take adequate pictures.
I'm afraid that seems a little bit unfair, but I hope you forgive me for that.
On the other hand Gordon and others shows, that it is possible to present fantastic photos without all that technical stuff, just with a feeling for arrangement and colours  :)
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2010, 10:12:24 am »
Nice Pictures....I knew that Don (OLDBOW) would really like that.......Bow looks great too...but aint that String Served Upside Down....or is it just on the Bow Backwards........... ;D
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2010, 01:04:51 pm »
i love all the bows you make, they are great!
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2010, 02:24:34 pm »
@ youngbowyer:
 ;D  How can you pedal me in such an extreme matter … what should I do in the future, this responsibility is to much for me … arrggh …   ;D
No kidding, thank you very much for this great compliment.
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2010, 07:41:00 am »
Very nice bow in all aspects,well done. :)
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2010, 11:34:55 am »
that is a beauty!  Tiller is perfect.  Great work and photography!   :) -josh
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2010, 02:47:57 pm »
lovethat bow. i was curious how did you set up that picture with the full, braced, and unbraced profile all in one?
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2010, 09:15:58 pm »
everything saw filer said, AGAIN
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2010, 03:46:17 pm »
Another fantastic job!  Nice work! :)
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2010, 08:15:14 pm »
Once again thank you very much.

I was curious how did you set up that picture with the full, braced, and unbraced profile all in one?

OK, I will try to explain (I hope my English is good enough  ??? )

To take the photographs it is the best you use a tripod, so that the frame will always be the same.
Let enough space around the bow, use manual focus and exposure (test it on the screen of your camera).

Choose a monochrome background, for example blue (like at the blue-screen-technic). If you have to take the photos indoors and have to use a flash, use it indirect. If this is impossible it is better to use a longer exposure time than a direct flash (tripod!)

Take the photos, unbraced, strung, and full draw, without any changes in exposure and frame.



Transfer the photos to your computer and open them with a image processing program like Adobe Photoshop (I am using an Apple computer and only Photoshop for my work, so I do not know the differences to other programs or windows)

Open the first photo, select the background of the picture (the blue one) an delete it. If everything worked right the bow is the only object now.





Open the second photo, select the background as well and reverse the selection. Now the bow should be selected (the only thing that is not blue). Copy it and paste it in the first photo.



Repeat this with the third photo.



Now do you have an picture with three layers.
In your programme should be the possibility to switch between these layers, activate them (so you will work only in the activated layer) and make them transparent.
So it is possible to orientate the layers.
After the layers are orientated make all the layers visible and you should have a complete overlapping picture.



To save it as an JPG, you have to assemble the different layers to one.

I hope that was understandable   :o   ?!
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2010, 08:37:01 pm »
Nice tutorial Cooper but I doubt if I could ever get it right  ::) :D
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2010, 09:38:00 pm »
                                Me neither.......That SUCKER ...just Flew 5 foot over My Head.......... ::)
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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2010, 11:56:35 pm »
ok- i know what a tripod is, but getting someone to let me tip their pool table over like that might get me beat up!

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Re: Hickory backed Hickory - HickHickFlip
« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2010, 01:56:54 pm »
you not only build a great bow, you can get pretty nerdy. ;D
if your not dead you are getting older so get out and shoot some arrows.