[meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING
From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 21 20:16:19 2005 Message-ID: <006e01c55e63$743598d0$2f01a8c0_at_Dell> Super idea Chris, with a backdrop as described by Dave F. and the delete button operable, you're 9/10 of the way to excellent photos. Jerry[I even received a compliment from Bob Haag on a meteorite-wrong photo I shared with him!] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Peterson" <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING > Tom- > > I'd suggest making a light stand. Very simple and cheap- just a couple of > gooseneck lamps on either side of a 24" square board. This will let you > light your sample from the sides and eliminate problems with glare and > reflections. You might want to add a little frame overhead that will let > you attach the camera so you don't have to hold it. I've shot hundreds of > digital meteorite images at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with > just such a setup. > > Chris > > ***************************************** > Chris L Peterson > Cloudbait Observatory > http://www.cloudbait.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com> > To: "Dave Freeman mjwy" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>; > <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 11:35 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING > > >> Hi Dave and list, One problem I have is the darn flash! I get everything >> set up just right, take the picture and all I get is a big glare where >> the >> flash hit. Of coarse the obvious solution is to turn off the flash, but >> then >> the pics are to dark. So, get some other light source, the sun maybe, >> well >> then your fighting trying to get the right angles, then I get shadows, >> and >> the light shining on the screen so you can't see if your focused or not. >> I >> probably take 20 pics to get one or two good ones, then back out to try >> again. I have actually given up on taking pics of some specimens after >> 40 >> or more tries, just can't seem to get it. >> Any suggestions? > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 21 May 2005 08:16:08 PM PDT |
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