Post shed pictures, Loving it. (Purple)

**Tsubaki** · 01-17-15, 05:16 AM

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!

Posing on one of my katana's. (Zangetsu)

Very fond of his neck pattern.

Posing with one of my other katana's, (Sode No Shirayuki)

Love how strangely the purple seems to reflect the light.

dave himself · 01-17-15, 06:02 AM

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

**Tsubaki** · 01-17-15, 06:20 AM

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

Mikoh4792 · 01-17-15, 06:56 AM

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

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

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

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.

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

shaunyboy · 01-17-15, 07:03 AM

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

cheers shaun

P.S.nice sword as well

**Tsubaki** · 01-17-15, 07:29 AM

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

Adjusted picture

shaunyboy · 01-17-15, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 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

Adjusted picture

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

cheers shaun

**Tsubaki** · 01-17-15, 07:58 AM

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).

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.

Sublimeballs · 01-17-15, 09:09 AM

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** · 01-17-15, 09:30 AM

Haha you can resent me all you like, i will just share more pictures

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

marvelfreak · 01-17-15, 09:52 AM

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.