Hi Ron,
Thanks for your comments. Yes, the reflection of the toggle is unfortunate, but in truth black or blue/black is a very difficult colour to light well. A small movement of the model within the lighting zone can make colours change totally, and as you have seen cause surfaces to create unwanted reflections. It is difficult to get the detail out without getting too many reflections or blown highlights. The human eye has a much greater dynamic range than any camera made or any imaging software can duplicate.
Attached is another image viewed from the top of the Luger. Notice how flat looking the back strap of the framework is. Also note how queer the reflection of the ejector spring looks. It takes an age to get each viewpoint to look just right (at least for me it does). I am no graphic artist and all I know about the imaging software I use is self-taught.
Now that the mechanics are sorted I am going to update all three assemblies and then start playing around with the lighting, adding emissive planes, etc.., etc., until I get the results that hopefully best display each individual gun.
When I have that done I might go on to producing some cut-away images to display the inner workings.
Before I finally depart this forum I will post the end results. It could be a while yet though!
Regards,
Dave
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