Some of them must be pretty old. Most modern police badges have an identification number -- don't they? Some of yours do, but most are anonymous. In Finland the police do not have visible identification, but I guess they carry ID cards.
Don Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Thanks. > > Each one posed it's own little lighting difficulty. Some are very > rounded and very reflective, others are pretty flat and not > particularly reflective. I didn't have enough foam core handy to > build the light stage/box that I wanted for the job so I ended up > using a tabletop setup, a single 30x30 inch board, a flash with a > MiniSoftbox diffuser, and white towel to bounce and diffuse the > light, and a darkened room. Some of them I made six or seven > different exposures, moving the flash head and reflectors around a > bit, others only took one or two shots. All settings were exclusively > manual. > > At one point, I realized that the red/yellow shirt I was wearing was > putting some odd colors into the mix, so I switched to a black > shirt ... for some I used the self timer and ducked to take out > reflections. > > Overall, I know how to do this much better and I'll be ready when he > brings the next set over to photograph. As it is, though, he says > what I've done is very satisfactory ... for an hour's work total, end > to end, I'm happy with it. They look better in the full resolution, > 300 ppi 8x10 frames, of course: the downsizing and sharpening for the > web blew out some of the contrast curves. > > fun stuff. I just love the stories those badges represent. > > Godfrey > > On Jul 25, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > >> Some are quite beautiful. Some appear to be much better lit than >> others. Did you use a stationary light setup? The deep shadows on >> some are puzzling. >> Paul >> On Jul 25, 2006, at 8:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> >>> A little "gallery every so often" ... A neighbor asked me to record >>> his collection of police badges. Some are quite beautiful. Just a >>> quickie job: some of these JPEGs lost a bit when the gallery creator >>> resized them, but they're fun to look at anyway. >>> >>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/police-badge-01/ >>> >>> All taken with the Pentax DS + A50/2.8 Macro, a copystand and a very >>> fast, crude flash setup. >>> > > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
