Sterling buckle

[Haraga.com]

2.5 by 3.5 inch sterling belt buckle. 16 ga. thickness. 14K rose gold 16 ga. also. for the brand. Nothing fancy. Hopefully the pixals will be minimal as the engraving is not Pauline standards. Just kidding about your standards Greg. But seriously the engraving is crap. I also through in a saddle corner plate that was sent here for engraving. Bright cuts manual. Shading and stippling w/gravermeister.

 

[Haraga.com]

I just took a look at the pics of my buckle on the forum. Really folks the flowers actually look better in person. Damned pixels! For some reason the stem coming out of the overlaid flower looks all rough but I just looked again and its not. No really its not. I think I may have to find another photographer! Can someone give me a hint on how to make the pictures just a little more blurry?

 

[ddushane]

Awesome Buckles!!!!! Thanks for sharing, Dwayne

 

[cowboy_silversmith]

Leonard~ Looks pretty good to me! Nicely shaped scrolls. The bevel cutting looks good on the outside of your overlaid scrolls. Sawing & soldering look very clean. I would really like to see your stuff up close and a little more in focus so I could really appreciate your abilities. Is that 12 ga. or 14 ga. wire you used for the rope? Thanks Leonard!

Best regards,
Greg Pauline

 

[Haraga.com]

Greg. I think the wire is 14 gauge.

 

[bronc]

Nice work Leonard.

Stewart

 

[grizz]

Stunning Leonard. I hope the customer realizes the work envoled.

Grizz

 

[glendikes]

Looks very good on the sculpting. I like both.
Thanks for posting,
Glen D.

 

[Unkl Ian]

I just took a look at the pics of my buckle on the forum. Really folks the flowers actually look better in person. Damned pixels! For some reason the stem coming out of the overlaid flower looks all rough but I just looked again and its not. No really its not. I think I may have to find another photographer! Can someone give me a hint on how to make the pictures just a little more blurry?

Some digital cameras have a Macro setting for doing close up work.

Their Auto Focus doesn't work real close.Anything too close,without the Macro,looks slightly fuzzy.

 

[Sam]

Lovely work. I'd be happy to own a buckle of that quality.

 

[Haraga.com]

Everyones words are too kind. If my wife were here she would say to me "just say thanks". THANKS. Now Sam, make Grizz come out and play! I like Grizz' forum title "Jr. Member".

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Very nice work. Are you holding the camera or using a tripod? Try a tripod back off the camera to the minimum distance for the normal lens setting usually about 16". Zoom in and set the timer to release the shutter. Sam could be of much more assistance than me.

 

[Haraga.com]

camera

Thanks for the help. I will work on that camera. I was not sure at what distance to work from. This was taken at 11". If you saw my setup you would slap me. I don't have any excuses.

 

[webad2006]

I'm with Sam, the new owner of these buckles should be very proud!.... Great job!.....

 

[Marcus Hunt]

Photographing 'gun style' engraving is bad enough so photographing bright cutting must be even more difficult. They look like great buckles but I would like to be able to see your cutting in a bit more detail, especially in the second photo. If 11" is going to make the picture out of focus, how about moving out a little bit more so it's in focus and then crop it in your editing software? It's just a suggestion but it's often what I resort to.

 

[Steve223]

Great Work Haraga, Vic taught ya well and i wished i woulda paid more Atten lol