Sloaner 2014 Updated page 4 - Zombie Pumpkins!

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Sloaner 2014 Updated page 4#86233

By sloaner Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:13 pm

Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:13 pm #86233

I don't think I posted pictures last year so here they are.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Darkness

Pennywise

Wicked witch of the west

Root of all evil

Haunted manor

Game of thrones, House Stark sigil

Last edited by sloaner on Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:06 pm, edited 5 times in total.

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Re: Sloaner 2014#86257

By sloaner Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:17 pm

Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:17 pm #86257

This is my first carve of 2014

Silas

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Re: Sloaner 2014#86259

By ghostface Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:43 pm

Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:43 pm #86259

Amazing work Sloaner! Especially on The Lord of Darkness!

What's your favorite scary movie?

Re: Sloaner 2014#86265

By zombombie Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:06 am

Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:06 am #86265

Sloaner just showing up knocking the carves out of the park!!

Great clean lines, very nice carves! And I love Silas with the arms and legs, looks so alive!!

Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuEzf43m-4BfCxBNLH5t8w

Formerly known as Edinburghzombie

Re: Sloaner 2014#86266

By Mayor of Haddonfield Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:41 am

Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:41 am #86266

These are really awesome. The lines are so clean and the pictures so clear. I love the vines and think I'll have to pick some of these up now.

What kind of lights are you using in these and how do you get the pictures to look so good?

Seeing these puts me in the mood to start carving!

Sheriff Leigh Brackett: Every kid in Haddonfield thinks this place is haunted.

Dr. Sam Loomis: They may be right.

Re: Sloaner 2014#86267

By pagemaster1993 Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:48 am

Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:48 am #86267

Good work Sloaner.

"Ask not what your pumpkin can do for you; as what you can do for your pumpkin." -- Unknown

Re: Sloaner 2014#86273

By sloaner Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:32 pm

Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:32 pm #86273

Thanks guys

Mayor of Haddonfield wrote: What kind of lights are you using in these and how do you get the pictures to look so good?

In those pictures I am using a howler LED light. It's a purple hockey puck looking thing, Ryan has a page about them on the forum. As for the pictures, I just set my camera to Aperture priority mode and have very minimal lighting. Keeping the aperture open for a few seconds lets in more light but you must have a tripod or somewhere to place your camera, otherwise the pictures will be blurry. I also put a black bed sheet behind the pumpkin so people will focus on the pumpkin and not my messy house

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Re: Sloaner 2014#86281

By Pumpken Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:51 am

Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:51 am #86281

Very nice carves Sloaner.

Re: Sloaner 2014#86285

By Zombie Pumpkins! Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:34 pm

Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:34 pm #86285

Very clean foam carves. Nice to see some VIP patterns turning up in your collection. Thanks for explaining your lighting setup too. That's the way to do it. Have some sort of backdrop, light your pumpkin from inside, and do a long exposure on a tripod. Your photos also have some nice soft light on the pumpkin surface too. What sort of light did you have on to accomplish that?

Re: Sloaner 2014#86311

By sloaner Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:25 pm

Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:25 pm #86311

Zombie Pumpkins! wrote: What sort of light did you have on to accomplish that?

In previous years I just took a lamp and pointed it at the pumpkins. This year I was able to take the pictures in my nerd cave (basement). I have pot lights on a dimmer switch. The lights are on the other side of the room so it is giving off a bit of light on the left side of the picture while keeping the right side of the pumpkin in the dark.

Now is not the time for fear, that comes later