Another wilah for identification.

Harley · 4th January 2012, 09:25 PM

Thanks for the explanation Mr.Maisey, i am going to clean it, and try to wash it, and put it back in his own scabbard.

I think i better can make a picture of last 5 wilah's together, before polluting the forum, if there is one recognizable or more interesting, i can make a better picture of that one.

regards,
Ben

Harley · 4th January 2012, 09:37 PM

Here they are, i think the 3 on the left are more recent.

regards,
Ben

A. G. Maisey · 4th January 2012, 11:41 PM

Harley, were I you, I'd do one full length and one one close-up of of sorsoran of all these blades.

After seeing this, we may ask for one or more specific pics of a blade, but what I have just suggested is the bare minimum with which to begin a question.

I would not do the photos in the way you are doing them, but rather try to do them in open shade, by natural light, and assuming you are in the northern hemisphere, with the light coming from the south.

With any camera that has IS, you can get better than OK pics in terrible light.

Incidentally, call me Alan, if you you would.

Harley · 5th January 2012, 12:16 AM

I get your point Alan,this picture isn't good, David had given me the advise to do one at a time in a new topic, but i feel a little uncomfortable with that.
So i shall try to make better pictures in daylight, and do one by one with close ups, and place them in this topic.
I do feel a kind of stupid, because i don't know what IS means

regards,
Ben

David · 5th January 2012, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harley

I think i better can make a picture of last 5 wilah's together, before polluting the forum, if there is one recognizable or more interesting, i can make a better picture of that one.

Ben, you are hardly "polluting" the forum with these keris. As i previously stated, the large majority of keris that most of us collect are village pieces. These, as Alan states, come in all different levels of quality from appalling to excellent. I would also state that the simplicity of a dhapur is not an indication of quality. So please have no reservations about posting here. It is what the forum is for and you don't need to feel as if you need to have something exceedingly fine or unusual to warrant posting it.

A. G. Maisey · 5th January 2012, 12:58 AM

IS is "image stabilisation"

Its some new sort of electronic trickery whereby the image produced by a camera using very slow shutter speed still comes out nice and sharp.

Effectively it means that you can take pics on auto setting in really bad light and still get halfway decent images.

Don't understand how it works, but it does.

David · 5th January 2012, 01:35 AM

Off topic Alan, but just in case you are truly interested...personally i prefer to consider it magic....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_stabilization

A. G. Maisey · 5th January 2012, 02:11 AM

Thanks David.

Yeah, its magic.

I don't really have any interest in it, I was only trying to answer Harley's question.

Harley · 5th January 2012, 12:18 PM

Thank you David for the explanation, as a new member with almost no knowledge about keris (and taking pictures

), a felt a little em barest to make all these new topic's for these wilah's, but thats what i shall do now.

Alan thank for explaining the IS, but i don't think i have this on my camera, it's just like the wilah's a simple Finepix S1000fd, but I'll do my best to make better pic's.

regards,
Ben

Henk · 5th January 2012, 04:20 PM

I'm glad Alan jumped in with his knowledge.

The dressed keris you showed us is just a common decent Jogja keris like most of us have in our collection. For the other blades I would try to find a good fitting scabbard and ukiran with mendak as well.

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4th January 2012, 09:25 PM	#1
Harley Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nederland Posts: 83	Thanks for the explanation Mr.Maisey, i am going to clean it, and try to wash it, and put it back in his own scabbard. I think i better can make a picture of last 5 wilah's together, before polluting the forum, if there is one recognizable or more interesting, i can make a better picture of that one. regards, Ben

4th January 2012, 11:41 PM	#3
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,209	Harley, were I you, I'd do one full length and one one close-up of of sorsoran of all these blades. After seeing this, we may ask for one or more specific pics of a blade, but what I have just suggested is the bare minimum with which to begin a question. I would not do the photos in the way you are doing them, but rather try to do them in open shade, by natural light, and assuming you are in the northern hemisphere, with the light coming from the south. With any camera that has IS, you can get better than OK pics in terrible light. Incidentally, call me Alan, if you you would.

5th January 2012, 12:16 AM	#4
Harley Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nederland Posts: 83	I get your point Alan,this picture isn't good, David had given me the advise to do one at a time in a new topic, but i feel a little uncomfortable with that. So i shall try to make better pictures in daylight, and do one by one with close ups, and place them in this topic. I do feel a kind of stupid, because i don't know what IS means regards, Ben

5th January 2012, 12:58 AM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,209	IS is "image stabilisation" Its some new sort of electronic trickery whereby the image produced by a camera using very slow shutter speed still comes out nice and sharp. Effectively it means that you can take pics on auto setting in really bad light and still get halfway decent images. Don't understand how it works, but it does.

5th January 2012, 01:35 AM	#7
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,289	Off topic Alan, but just in case you are truly interested...personally i prefer to consider it magic.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_stabilization

5th January 2012, 02:11 AM	#8
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,209	Thanks David. Yeah, its magic. I don't really have any interest in it, I was only trying to answer Harley's question.

5th January 2012, 12:18 PM	#9
Harley Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nederland Posts: 83	Thank you David for the explanation, as a new member with almost no knowledge about keris (and taking pictures ), a felt a little em barest to make all these new topic's for these wilah's, but thats what i shall do now. Alan thank for explaining the IS, but i don't think i have this on my camera, it's just like the wilah's a simple Finepix S1000fd, but I'll do my best to make better pic's. regards, Ben

5th January 2012, 04:20 PM	#10
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	I'm glad Alan jumped in with his knowledge. The dressed keris you showed us is just a common decent Jogja keris like most of us have in our collection. For the other blades I would try to find a good fitting scabbard and ukiran with mendak as well.