Proper pictures!
Added 2023-05-30 15:44:34 +0000 UTCMy friends, here are probably the best pictures I've ever taken. I invite you to zoom in and look at the details, and you'll be probably taken aback just as I was, because they even show quite a lot of imperfections in the paint job, something I wasn't aware of until I saw them! For example, some improperly blended rust tones, but also some cool stuff I didn't know I added, such as the subtle earth splashes at the bottom of the main gun barrel :D
This is also the first time my pictures have absolutely perfect white balance. Until now I've been using manual WB in my camera and felt like I only had to make a small adjustment in Lightroom from 5300 to 5200K, but since I started to invest more time into editing of my astro photos, I learned that the histogram tells you everything and it never lies. And again, the Topaz Denoise AI really helped to clean up that sensor noise.
Until now I always considered the studio photos as a presentation in ideal conditions. But now, I can finally claim that yes, this is how the model really looks like in real life - with proper lighting, of course :)
I'm just about to start editing the video. I have the pictures, final 360 shots, and 32 minutes of audio narration. It's gonna be a long night :)
