Patton Museum

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

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

A-109E · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum

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.

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

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.....

bsmart · 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 Smile

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

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

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum

armyjunk2 wrote:

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:

A-109E · 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!

Shadow_Banshee · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 575

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....

Shadow_Banshee · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 575

here you go a little better
IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/shadow_anubis/Copyof095redo.jpg[/IMG]

Shadow_Banshee · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 575

here you go a little better

bsmart · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum

armyjunk2 wrote:

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

Shadow_Banshee · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 03, 2005 Posts: 575

its like switching the light on
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redo

this was done with nero photosnap but theres more advanced software you can use....

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: Patton Museum

Shadow_Banshee wrote:

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? Laughing

piney · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Patton Museum

here is one from a program callled pureimage
Jeff Lewis

toadmanstankpictures · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 704

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.