Kurt
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whats the best way of getting them?
my efforts come out something like this
im only using a poor camera too, a fuji finepix 
Do i need something like a light tent and decent lighting? and a better camera?
Its for our parts website
http://www.mangoletsi.com/alfa/parts.html
Ive been given the task of adding and photographing items
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Daveskater
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If you have Photoshop, then that last pic would be easy to sort out.
Because the item and background are very contrasting colours, you can use Filter > Extract to cut the background out.
There was a thread up a couple of months ago where someone did this sort of thing, basically used a tripod and a lot of lighting with a white sheet behind the things he was taking pictures of, and it came out like the first two you posted.
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AndyKent
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Ideally you would use a white background (like your first effort) but much brighter lights on the background to completely high any imperfections. Then, on the alloys for instance, I imagine they used a heavily diffused light from above and another in front to give a nice soft shadow.
TBF though, your first effort would be ok if you took the shot from above to hide the corner behind....
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Ste L
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both done with good lighting, like a external flashes, and softbox's..
usually with a light box/tent
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=35078&highlight=light+tent
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=118970
[Edited on 06-06-2009 by Ste L]
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Adam_B
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I did this with a bit of white card bent against a wall
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Would imagine you could get the results your after with something similar.
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Butler
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I took this pic about 2 hours before a hand in. The set up was a white bed sheet draped over my tv, with a lamp shining on the subject. I put the pics in photoshop, increased the contrast to bring the whiteness up and erased the background shadows.
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Kurt
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I like how they came out butler! Have cs3 on my computer at work now.. I'm thinking White sheet is the best option
What kind of cameras are you using? I'm guesing a dslr?
What are peoples opinions of light tents with the lights? I've seen from google a complete set up for about 150, does that sound reasonable?
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Butler
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Unfortunately I seem to have deleted the picture I had of my set up. I used a canon 400d. You dont need an SLR for results like that though. Try it with a white sheet, shine some light on it to brighten it up. Get it in photoshop and erase the background...
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mattk
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This was just 2 sheets of paper, you just need a light source bright enough to blow the white out, ie my speedlite
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Matt L
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maplins do cheap (but quite small) light tents or they did, imo if you can use photoshop you can just go round the image and delete the background, then create a shadow if you really need one.
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Butler
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If you cast light onto the subject you should be able to easily erase the background information and retain a natural shadow.
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xa0s
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I've just ordered a white back drop. I'll get some sample pictures up once I've given it a go.
If you want flawless white backgrounds you'll need one, but the lighting is also very important.
Basically, the white back drop glows white when light hits it and it simply blows out any detail on it. If you position it so it curves you can make things look like they're in the middle of no-where.
[Edited on 07-06-2009 by xa0s]
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