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[ubervamp]

Hi

Seem to be a lot of EI-pics floating round lately, so here are some of my latest additions

Colin

[Alan O]

Very nice Norfolks. Nice to see a correct one rather than the usual fakes with Mr Punch's nose and the square pronged trident.

EI prices seem to have gone up considerably recently; possibly due to recent research generating interest. The Irish ones in particular are reaching significant prices. The last Inniskilling Fusiliers I saw was £30 and the Munsters even more.

[Phil2M]

Innisikilling Fusiliers (Woodward) cost me £65
Munsters cost me £60
Leinster Regt (Lambourne) cost me £80

A nice lot of badges there Colin my Dorsetshire is Smith&Wright

[AndyC_65]

Nice badges Colin.

Impressed with the photographs too - what software /technique do you use for that?

cheers,

Andy C

[ubervamp]

Originally Posted by AndyC_65

Nice badges Colin.

Impressed with the photographs too - what software /technique do you use for that?

cheers,

Andy C

Thanks Andy.

Instead of fumbling around with photoshop and lightboxes like I sometimes do, I went Old School on these.
A piece of black velvet on the windowsill at work, around noon.
A Canon SX220, set at iso100 and pinpoint brightness (measures brightness inside the camera frame as opposed to overall scene) and, oddly enough, flash (set to -2) to bring out colour. Then crop.

It's a very time saving technique, and you're free to post-process as much as desired at a later point (sharpness, contrast, and black level)

[ubervamp]

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