photographing in artificial light

[Montgomery Burns]

i came across this ek 2 today.

some how i liked it .

also,,,,,,,,,,,,, work out,,,,,,,, photographing in artificial light

the pictures seem so different in this light .

are they good enough,,, to give a good identification fore the collector.

or better not photographing in such light



upiniuns please.

what is the best light ???????

[Montgomery Burns]

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[Steinar]

thats a GOOD cross

[R. Schmitt]

A rare find - my favorite maker! A keeper for sure!
Best Regards
Rainer

[R. Schmitt]

are they good enough,,, to give a good identification fore the collector.

or better not photographing in such light

what is the best light ???????

Kay - try cropping the pix with photoshop or sth, like it to get rid of the useless space to the left and to the right of the cross (see below) - do that before resizing the original size pix so you get the best possible quality with max amount of pixels per beading.
As for the light - a cloudy day that isn't too bright is IMHO the best light you can get to take good pix. you can choose the ISO and other options manually on most cameras. flash is a NoNo and a tripod helps you keeping those AA fingers still... also - Marc (Flak88) once posted a good thread over hear to learn from...
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...&highlight=iso
Best Regards
Rainer

[Anthony N]

Nice cross!
As for photography of medals, i learnt all i know from a thread on the forum.
I bought 2 photographers lights with daylight bulbs & a simple lightbox. Then put the camera setting on Incandescent (with macro setting on) to take the photos.
The lights & box (it's actually made from a type of cloth) cost £100 off ebay, here's the results.
Ant.

[TobyR]

I used to photograph only in natural light. However, when I acquired a better camera (Canon DSLR), I found that the flash was good enough to produce decent looking images.

Here's an example of an EK2 (Schinkel) I photographed in the past few days. The shot was taken with a flash (no light box or such like) and the detail is not blown out. Of course sometimes you can get problems with glare and then I tend to photograph with the flash off, manual exposure.

A tripod is a must too.

Best,
Toby.

PS The lack of focus towards the upper part of the cross, is a result of the depth of field. To combat this you just need to use a smaller aperture (say f/16 - f/22), though also a slower shutter speed to compensate for the reduced light.

[Robert P.]

I used to photograph only in natural light. However, when I acquired a better camera (Canon DSLR), I found that the flash was good enough to produce decent looking images.

Here's an example of an EK2 (Schinkel) I photographed in the past few days. The shot was taken with a flash (no light box or such like) and the detail is not blown out. Of course sometimes you can get problems with glare and then I tend to photograph with the flash off, manual exposure.

A tripod is a must too.

Best,
Toby.

PS The lack of focus towards the upper part of the cross, is a result of the depth of field. To combat this you just need to use a smaller aperture (say f/16 - f/22), though also a slower shutter speed to compensate for the reduced light.

Toby's exactly right in every respect. It's amazing what you can do with a higher f-stop and a tripod. I set my camera back about 18" from the award, set my megapixel high for maximum detail, then crop my shots on Photo Elements 3.0 software. Here's a shot using a lower f-stop, manual setting and lower resolution - still adequate because the depth of field is not as important, being a flat subject. I use artificial lighting, and adjust my color balance/hue on photo software. This gets rid of the unnatural tones. You have a very nice example of a Godet. Here is mine...

Robert

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[Montgomery Burns]

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a nother nice 21 ...

godet rules,,,,

kay

[Haraldur Axel]

Toby's exactly right in every respect. It's amazing what you can do with a higher f-stop and a tripod. I set my camera back about 18" from the award, set my megapixel high for maximum detail, then crop my shots on Photo Elements 3.0 software. Here's a shot using a lower f-stop, manual setting and lower resolution - still adequate because the depth of field is not as important, being a flat subject. I use artificial lighting, and adjust my color balance/hue on photo software. This gets rid of the unnatural tones. You have a very nice example of a Godet. Here is mine...

Robert

I downloaded the version 6 trial of Photoshop Elements and i have too say it very good indeed and easy too use. I am going too spend the 100$ too buy it