Well first you need to invent a gravity generator, from there the
tractor and puller beams should be easy...
Oh you meant practical advice. Sorry...
Leon Altoff wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a macro setup problem that I thought I would pose to the list to
> see if anyone can come up with a solution for me.
>
> It's not a problem with camera lens or flash, all that works very well.
> I've just been photographing museum specimens for a friend of mine that
> is publishing a paper. Two of tonights specimens are one of a kind,
> only specimen of the species in existence holothurians (sea cucumbers)
> that are reasonably fragile and approximately 8 mm (1/3 inch) long.
>
> My problem is that to photograph them at their best I am suspending them
> about 2 cm (3/4 inch) above black velvet. I can't sit them on glass as
> they tend to roll to show the wrong bits and the glass reflects. If I
> sit them on the velvet they instantly pick up any stray threads. At
> present I an sticking pins into blu-tac and having the pointy ends go
> through the velvet and balancing the specimen on them. I can't stick
> the pins into the specimens because of the damage that might cause. I
> also need ot hide the pins behind the specimen so it is not visible in
> the image.
>
> So, does anyone have any ideas on an easier way to support these
> specimens, without damage?
>
>
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