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Old 16-09-2007, 08:49 PM
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hey just wondering how every one manages to get really gd pics of there slings. i wanna take a couple of pics of mine but they come out really rubbish
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I try and put mine on a light background, and I get as close as possible with out zooming in, I use a flash and the macro.
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so if i put whit paper behind their tubs will that work?
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I can't get decent pics either, my spiders are camera shy!
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you can try, I normally take them out and put them in a empty tub on white paper.
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you can try, I normally take them out and put them in a empty tub on white paper.
I would follow si's advice, but also dont try to take it really close, work out how far you need to be to make it nice and focused.. take the pic there. then edit the pic in potatoshop (photoshop)

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Old 16-09-2007, 09:19 PM
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thanks for your help. i manged to get a couple of better pics the bateries just died so im gonna post them 2morra. also were can i get photoshop from?
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paint can do it or any picture editig/image editing software..
I dont know others, but there are many, i think photoshop your supposed to pay an initial payment. Id imagine theres others online for free
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Try the GIMP for an excellent free image editing resource.
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hey just wondering how every one manages to get really gd pics of there slings. i wanna take a couple of pics of mine but they come out really rubbish
I still cant without a good digital camera it sucks, mobile phone pics dont come out all that great
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