Hi Sue - and other northern hemisphere spiders who are trying to stay warm!!
I've tried numerous ways to photograph my lace with varying results. The best way I've found is to actually scan it with a dark paper behind it. This eliminates the problems caused by shadows, over- or under- exposure, flash burn, camera wiggle, etc. However, there are times that I want to photograph the lace while it is still on the pillow, and the challenges in that, as you know, are significant. Since I now use a digital camera, my observations relate to that, and may not apply to film cameras. I have found that using a flash creates more problems than it solves. It overexposes the lace which means you lose detail. In some cases, it creates a distracting level of shadow. And it tends to flatten the image, giving the background as much emphasis as the lace. I use a nice Ott-light (floor stand) at my pillow. I especially like it because it has a 27watt tube which is about 18" long. It is positioned at 2:00 at my pillow, and the tube extends over the pillow diagonally to about 8:00. This provides wonderful light that cancels out much of the shadows created by pins and even the threads themselves. So when I take a picture at the pillow, I turn the light on, and use no flash. And I often use the micro setting on the camera so I can get a good close-up. When I do this, it is important to brace myself against something stationary, as the slightest vibration will ruin the picture. I don't have a tripod which would extend over the pillow, but that would be the ideal solution. The trick in getting those close-ups is to get close enough to the lace to take the picture, but not get between the light and the lace! Another option that I have used when I can't seem to get the close-up I want is to increase the resolution to a much higher level. Then, when I download the file, I can crop out the unwanted stuff and the portion of the picture that I want to keep can be enlarged without becoming pixillated (sp?). But the hands-down best way to get clear, clean images of your lace is to scan it. Clay -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello Spiders, > Its very quiet on the list tonight, are you all busy making lace? I have > been for most of the day as the weather has been awful although we did > not get the amount of snow that the rest of the country got, while I > have been lacing I have been thinking about putting some lace on the > webshots, to date the way that I have photographed some of mine has not > been very succesful, what is the best angle, light, background etc. any > ideas? > Sue M Harvey > Snowy Norfolk UK > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.31/676 - Release Date: > 08/02/2007 15:04 > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
