Post shed pictures, Loving it. (Purple)

[Tsubaki]

My latest addition shed this morning, so i attempted to make some proper pictures. His color is really hard to capture! (Depending on the lighting, it varies a lot) His name was/is supposed to be Hercules, but my so seems determined to name him Zuko.. We'll see, not like he will listen anyway!

How can i not love that little milk mustache!
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko_zpsa7b2d1c3.jpg

Posing on one of my katana's. (Zangetsu)
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko1_zps92216292.jpg

Very fond of his neck pattern.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko4_zpsdabb9aaf.jpg

Posing with one of my other katana's, (Sode No Shirayuki)
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko2_zps10994efc.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko5_zpsd7391092.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko7_zpsa84e7145.jpg

Love how strangely the purple seems to reflect the light.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko6_zps653014fb.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko3_zps507b7110.jpg

[dave himself]

He really is stunning and I know what you mean about capturing the true colours, it can be a bit frustrating :(

[Tsubaki]

Thanks Dave, and yea i think his purple looks too gray no matter what setting i use :D

[Mikoh4792]

Wow.. such beauty! Love the contrast on him.


Thanks Dave, and yea i think his purple looks too gray no matter what setting i use :D

That's where post-processing programs come in. Cameras don't always get it right. I use lightroom to edit my photos to get more accurate representations.

This is the photo straight out of camera. The color is a bit pale and there seems to be a slightly gray overcast on him.

http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a594/mikoh4792/_DSC0303_zpsf62179ce.jpg

Here I slightly tweaked exposure levels, saturation, vibrance and white balance. This is looking much more like the snake in person.

http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a594/mikoh4792/_DSC0303_zps499ee158.jpg

[shaunyboy]

very good looking retic mate

such vibrant clean colours


one day i hope to have a pair of top quality examples,i'm still trying to get my wife to agree to such a large snake...


she thinks one of our grandkids will get eaten by them :no:



cheers shaun :)

P.S.nice sword as well

[Tsubaki]

Thx Shaun !! Hope you can convince your wife some day, (and i love my collectible swords!)

Thx Mikoh! Love that contrast as well.

I did adjust the brightness and resize/sharpen, tried your advice on one of the pictures using Gimp.. Tweaked the white-balance, changed the levels a bit. The purple does look better, éh.. i probably need practice :D Adjusted picture (http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko42_zpsf0e53050.jpg)

[shaunyboy]

Thx Shaun !! Hope you can convince your wife some day, (and i love my collectible swords!)

Thx Mikoh! Love that contrast as well.

I did adjust the brightness and resize/sharpen, tried your advice on one of the pictures using Gimp.. Tweaked the white-balance, changed the levels a bit. The purple does look better, éh.. i probably need practice :D Adjusted picture (http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/Senna-Ichurin/Zuko42_zpsf0e53050.jpg)

i have never seen an all white sword before,it's very nice and unusual imo mate


cheers shaun

[Tsubaki]

:D it's a high quality replica of Sode No Sirayuki, Got a few anime replica swords! The black one is pretty special as well, Tensa Zengtesu is as tall as i am (1,77m).
http://animewall.biz/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sode-no-shirayuki-sword.jpg

Haha, i just googled Sode No Sirayuki to find a picture, found several pictures of Loki (burmese python) which i photographed on the same sword. :D

[Sublimeballs]

Ahhh, I want one. I'm building resentment for you and Dave.lol. Although I might have a new addition coming soon.... I've never seen a photo that truely captured a purples colors.

Nice swords, should have figured you'd like swords. I took some kenjutsu classes in my teen years and use to participate in tameshigiri "party's" quite a bit. I've only got my old cutting workhorse now and haven't cut anything in probably 8 years. Might have to find some tatami or some beach mats.

[Tsubaki]

Haha you can resent me all you like, i will just share more pictures :D
And yea swords are very nice! I own a few manga/anime swords, they're beautiful and displayed as decoration. Never fought with one though :D

[marvelfreak]

He looks stunning.
I have a program that came with my camera that lets me edit my pictures. The thing i use the most is the auto correct. It fine tunes the lighting, sharpness and such.

[Sublimeballs]

Haha you can resent me all you like, i will just share more pictures :D
And yea swords are very nice! I own a few manga/anime swords, they're beautiful and displayed as decoration. Never fought with one though :D

Good...cause I need my fix of purple.

[Tsubaki]

@marvelfreak, Thx :D i still have the program that came with my camera somewhere, but i prefer GIMP. I also use GIMP to draw pictures :)

@ Sublimeballs, will do !

[guyabano]

What a looker. Camera work on fleek as always. You need to find him a chubby uncle who likes tea.

[Tsubaki]

Thanks! Why do i have to get him a chubby uncle though :D

[dave himself]

Thanks! Why do i have to get him a chubby uncle though :D

I'm glad you asked that it's been melting my head :laugh:

[Tsubaki]

I think Loki can play the chubby uncle at some point, he's already as thick as he is and he's 10 months younger.. :P
(And more than a foot shorter)

[KSTAR]

VERY NICE!!! Love the colors and that neck pattern

[Tsubaki]

Thx :D i feel the same way!

[D Grade]

What a great looking snake, great pics too!

[Tsubaki]

Thanks D Grade :D

[guyabano]

Thanks! Why do i have to get him a chubby uncle though :D

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry for not getting to this sooner, but really? Prince Zuko from the fire nation with his chubby uncle who likes tea. I know it isn't anime, but still.

[Tsubaki]

Oh like that, yea now i get it, you mean Iroh :D. Sorry wasn't obvious for some reason! .. Would that mean i also have to find his crazy sister? Now i feel like watching avatar again :|

[millertime89]

Iroh is possibly the greatest thing about that show. That old man cracks me up!

[Pareeeee]

Beautiful snake. My husband is also a sword/knife collector. I should take pics of his stuff and post them some time.

[Tsubaki]

Oh yea do that, i'd like to see that. I only collect anime swords, but my so collects axes and i don't mean the fancy decorated ones. He collects Gränsfors Bruks handmade axes :D

[millertime89]

I just bought my first sword... A celtic short sword. Maybe I should take some pictures of my animals with it.

[sunkissedpython]

Wow! I can only imagine what he looks like in person, absolutely gorgeous snake :)

[Tsubaki]

Thx sunkissedpython :D

Iroh is possibly the greatest thing about that show. That old man cracks me up!

I just bought my first sword... A celtic short sword. Maybe I should take some pictures of my animals with it.


Iroh is definitely one of the best things! (But i also love Zuko, especially later on, and Sokka) I really need to watch this show again, good thing i got the dvdbox. And i'd like to see those pictures, should be nice :D

[KSTAR]

Beautiful! I love purple! It's just so unique and you really don't get to see it until you own one

[Tsubaki]

Absolutely true, i have never seen a picture that truly shows what a purple looks like. Either the yellow is too washed up, or the purple becomes to gray..

[KSTAR]

Yea it's pretty hard to get the actual colors! You gotta have a great camera with a back drop and the perfect lighting and etc it's so difficult lol @Tsubaki