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July 2nd, 2016, 03:27 PM
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Ivory coloured FP with wine-red finials
Hi everybody.
Today i finished a new pen and i wanted to get a bit slimmer with my pen design.
I think i really like the shape of this one.
The wine-red acrylic finials contrast just fine with the ivory-coloured JUMA.
It does post, but not very good. I should have done the barrel a bit thinner to post fine.
Now there´s the danger of ruining the threads inside the cap if you push the cap onto the barrel.
Still learning...
The fountain pen holds a gold plated #5 Bock medium steel nib and is fitted with a Schmidt converter.
Barrel and cap are tappered with a smooth transition from barrel to cap.
The end of the cap is the point with the biggest diameter and the end of the barrel the smallest.
Again the photos do not have the best quality, a bit on the dark side esp. the wine-red colour of the finials... sorry for that.
Thanks for looking.
Comments and critics are welcome.
best regards
Gerrit
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July 2nd, 2016, 04:11 PM
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Re: Ivory coloured FP with wine-red finials
Externally I find the shape very convincing, but when the pen is open I find the proportions of the section and threads not quite to my taste. Perhaps a little more of an hourglass shape on the section, reflecting inversely the taper of the barrel, could make it a little more graceful? That said, the pen as it is hits nine out of ten, particularly the very nice colour palette.
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July 2nd, 2016, 11:55 PM
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Re: Ivory coloured FP with wine-red finials
Very nice! I have been trying to find myself a fountain pen made from real elephant ivory. This would pass as a close second. I like it.
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July 3rd, 2016, 04:35 AM
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Re: Ivory coloured FP with wine-red finials
Gerrit,
Looks like you intend to do this kind of post quite a bit.
So please take this as a friendly suggestion:
I think it's worth your time to do something about the photos of your pen, which is a very important part that allows people to keep giving you good feedback.
As you said, your photos are too dark. You fix lack of exposure by doing one of these two:
1. In camera (this will produce results that is cleaner, less grainy):
- Increase the light on the scene so your camera produces brighter image (higher flashlight power).
- Or put your camera on a tripod and slow down its shutter speed
- Or both (you need to experiment a bit to get the settings that you can re-use over and again).
2. In post-processing (after the image is taken):
- Increase the exposure after the picture is taken. There are literally hundreds of people online teaching ways to do this using free tools available. For example I tweaked the curve of one of the image using GIMP and was able to bring out the details of the pen:
DISCLAIMER: The image is yours, I'm simply trying to demonstrate one simple way to get the ivory and red-wine colors to show through.
Another consideration would be contrasting the background with the color of the pen.
If the pen is ivory, darker background would serve better to showcase its beauty.
What do you think?
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July 6th, 2016, 01:51 AM
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Re: Ivory coloured FP with wine-red finials
Thanks to all of you for your kind words!
Will, thank you so much for your post.
I will try to get the pictures better in the future.
best regards
Gerrit
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