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A double collage of the head for "Recon" , a Rottie full suit WIP for 
robowolf
here showing a maw photo and jaw open photo, (propped open with a glue stick. :P (right)
(its so difficult to get photos of black or dark furs so the details are visible on blacks and without washing out the lighter colors. :P
robowolf here showing a maw photo and jaw open photo, (propped open with a glue stick. :P (right)
(its so difficult to get photos of black or dark furs so the details are visible on blacks and without washing out the lighter colors. :P
Category All / Fursuit
Species Dog (Other)
Size 1200 x 693px
File Size 403.6 kB
"its so difficult to get photos of black or dark furs so the details are visible on blacks and without washing out the lighter colors."
You might try HDR photography. Unless you have a NASA budget, your digital camera can not record as great a dynamic range as your eyes can see. There is a way to overcome this limitation:
You take 3 (or more) exposures, one underexposed by about 2 EV to capture the highlights without washing them out, one normally exposed for the midrange, and one overexposed by about 2 EV to capture the darkest areas without them turning solid black. Most digital cameras will allow you to take the three shots with one shutter button press; look for "exposure bracket" in the manual. Shoot in the aperture priority mode. Photoshop has the software needed to combine the three (or more) exposure bracket photos properly. If you don't have a recent version of Photoshop, there is free software available.
More here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5517001/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5516893/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hdr
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3358976/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_d....._range_imaging
This will solve your problem!
You might try HDR photography. Unless you have a NASA budget, your digital camera can not record as great a dynamic range as your eyes can see. There is a way to overcome this limitation:
You take 3 (or more) exposures, one underexposed by about 2 EV to capture the highlights without washing them out, one normally exposed for the midrange, and one overexposed by about 2 EV to capture the darkest areas without them turning solid black. Most digital cameras will allow you to take the three shots with one shutter button press; look for "exposure bracket" in the manual. Shoot in the aperture priority mode. Photoshop has the software needed to combine the three (or more) exposure bracket photos properly. If you don't have a recent version of Photoshop, there is free software available.
More here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5517001/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5516893/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hdr
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3358976/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_d....._range_imaging
This will solve your problem!
Delighted to help. It's tricky to do HDR with an IRL animal because of movement, but a fursuit is a perfect HDR subject. By using a details enhancer setting, the fur texture can be brought out:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2414927/
The shadows of the leaves were very deep - almost black on the normally exposed image - because the sky was cloudless, but the 2 EV overexposed picture recovered the details in these deep shadows. If I were going to do this one over again, I would have shot at F16 on a tripod to get a greater depth of field, and would have watched the black paws while doing the HDR adjustments.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2414927/
The shadows of the leaves were very deep - almost black on the normally exposed image - because the sky was cloudless, but the 2 EV overexposed picture recovered the details in these deep shadows. If I were going to do this one over again, I would have shot at F16 on a tripod to get a greater depth of field, and would have watched the black paws while doing the HDR adjustments.
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