[meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

[Gerald Flaherty]

Thanks Ann, Into this mental grist mill it goes and Thanks Tom and Dave for 
starting this thread. Jerry
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From: <Impactika at aol.com>
To: <dfreeman at fascination.com>; <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101


> In a message dated 5/21/2005 12:40:37 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> dfreeman at fascination.com writes:
> Here we go.    Get a dark  (black felt) non reflective cloth square maybe
> a couple of feet in  diameter...black or dark old wool blanket, worn old
> sheet,   old  sweatshirt.    Set up your card table or picnic table out
> of  doors where you have plenty of room and light.  Get your chair and
> set  it at the table. One end of the table put your cloth back drop.  Set
> a  rock on it so the wind doesn't blow it away. On the other end of the
> table  place your yellow ruler, tiny plastic stand or something to set
> <snip>
>
> A couple comments.
>
> I take all my pictures inside, on a corner of my desk, with a flash 
> balanced
> by a couple desk lamps. Waiting for the weather to be just right is too
> time-consuming and unreliable.
>
> And I never use a black background, it just drowns out the specimens. I
> found some file folders in a very soft, neutral shade of gray and I find 
> that it
> does not distort the color of whatever pieces you put on it, being a green
> Tatahouine, a very dark Kainsaz or a yellow Libyan glass. Then I 
> down-load the
> pictures in Macromedia-Fireworks where I can trim the picture,  adjust the
> size and resolution, without touching the color balance. I want  my 
> pictures to
> give a true image of the specimens, not improve  them.
>
> And I do use a Nikon CoolPix 950. Older, but reliable.
>
> Anne M. Black
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