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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject: Patton Museum
Here are pictures of what was on exhibition (Feb 07) at the Patton Museum. This is the basic walk-thur.....I think everyone will recognize everything. The lighting is bad...and I will add anything new that I see, plus someone else can do detail shots and add to this This is a copy of pic of one of the Afgan tanks

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:41 pm
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Excellent photos, AJ, thanks for posting them! I was going to do a separate thread of a photo tour of the Patton Museum but you beat me to it! Smile

I found - like you - that the interior lighting is dark and, not putting my camera's flash setting to 'high', mine don't have near the illumination your pics show. I will, accordingly, have to hang my head in shame.

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
I used a tripod and no flash, then photoshoped them. The flash seemed to wash out the fronts. The whole digital thing is new to me. If we see new stuff at the museum I will post the pics on this thread. My real interest is the other buildings....anyone that knows more about the photo taking subject speak up.....

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
I think the LST building will give you a whole new experience in poor lighting _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
Kubinka is one of the worst I think, very dark, overcast outside, and heavily backlighted and a very dark subject. I wonder who ever got the idea to paint museums black inside. Wright-Pat has at least one hall like that, things just disappear in the blackness. I think the SR71 Blackbird is in that hall

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
- armyjunk2 I used a tripod and no flash, then photoshoped them. The flash seemed to wash out the fronts. The whole digital thing is new to me. If we see new stuff at the museum I will post the pics on this thread. My real interest is the other buildings....anyone that knows more about the photo taking subject speak up..... I may be biased, but I think you're doing fine.... Yours: Mine:

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
Hah! You amateurs! I have you both beat! Mine is easily the worst of the three! _________________ --Bob Steinbrunn BSteinIPMS at aol.com

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:45 pm
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dont worry to much about the actual pictures you take is my opinion, unless you are using a pro digital slr you prbably need to rely more on photo edit software heres Dougs pic(mine) after 2mins editing

tripods a must if you need to go none flash also u have little control over depth of field with smaller compact or auto cameras, i also find that on mid range slr type cameras "eg fuji s7000 etc"the full auto settings are to say the least limited, go manual if you know how, the joy of digital is not wasting loads of $ on dud prints...

Edit Crop Enhance and even your pics that look washed out can usually be reclaimed....

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
here you go a little better IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/shadow_anubis/Copyof095redo.jpg[/IMG] _________________ Lay me place and bake me Pie I'm starving for me Gravy

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
here you go a little better _________________ Lay me place and bake me Pie I'm starving for me Gravy

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:13 pm
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- armyjunk2

Kubinka is one of the worst I think, very dark, overcast outside, and heavily backlighted and a very dark subject. I wonder who ever got the idea to paint museums black inside. Wright-Pat has at least one hall like that, things just disappear in the blackness. I think the SR71 Blackbird is in that hall

Well here is a picture in the LST building. At least it wasn't pitching and rolling Wink

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
its like switching the light on orig redo this was done with nero photosnap but theres more advanced software you can use.... _________________ Lay me place and bake me Pie I'm starving for me Gravy

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
- Shadow_Banshee its like switching the light on orig redo this was done with nero photosnap but theres more advanced software you can use.... Like Microsoft Photoeditor?

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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
here is one from a program callled pureimage Jeff Lewis

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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum
AJ2, Thanks for posting your pics. I haven't been to the Patton Museum since '88 so its nice to see how it has changed. It is on my "visit" list for next year. _________________ Chris "toadman" Hughes www.toadmanstankpictures.com www.cafepress.com/toad...ksandstuff

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