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Hey I was wondering if anyone can help me with this, I have a problem where with my camera it is picking up things that I just can't see with my eyes. It's such high resolution that when I take pics I can see everything from minuscule dust particles reflecting light to what appears to be grain in the paint and its becoming a bit of a problem in regards to taking photographs. I'm trying to take them in regular sun light however the same occurs regardless of light which is just making taking pictures a complete nightmare -.-

The camera I'm using at the moment is a Finepix JV 14 mega pixel digital camera, I think thats the right name at least. And I'm just getting such overly detailed pictures that its making the paint look horrible compared to what it actually looks like irl >.>

Just resize them down? You usually want a decently sized clear image to start from. Then you just resize it until it looks right. Also cropping out the unneeded background in order to draw attention on the model and not whatever happens to be behind it.

This is going to sound more harsh than intended but "the camera doesn't lie". It is true that a camera (even my old 5 MP) will pick up things you don't see unless you paint in a fine manner or with magnification. Generally a resize will give you a true look at the figure. I go 400 pixels to 300 pixels for a human sized figure which takes up about 80% of the rectangle.

You can keep a soft brush around to "dust" the mini prior to pictures. Personally it is a great way to look critically at your work. yes...photos will show way more than what you will see IRL.

Regards,

This is what I mean tho really...




See how its so defined even down to a grainyness of the paint not really visible to the naked eye... reducing the size does help though I still can't get them to look the same as how some others do on theres even though afaik the painting is fine?