A very complex question actually, but for this purpose we can use a simple solution. If you are using digital, any lights can be used as long as they are all of the same type and color temperature. You then adjust the white balance in post processing.
I am using CFLs and they work great. If you set up your lighting first and even if you want to use a colored background, insert a white, black or gray card where your meteorites will be posed Take an image of that card and then insert you preferred background. Shoot all of your rocks. When you process, get the proper white balance off of the card you shot first and then use that WB correction for all of your successive images. As long as your lighting setup isn't changed, the WB will be correct for all of the images. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 12/2/10, Thunder Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thunder Stone <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Best Type of Light > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 9:24 AM > > List: > > What is the best type of light source to use when looking > at meteorites and taking photos to achieve the most 'true' > colors within the specimen? > > Thanks in Advance, > > Greg S. > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
