also try using a scanner either with the lid open or closed (open casues a black background (due to low depth of field) and works wonders with light coloured laces) scanners are also usually much higher definition than cameras and you dont have to wory about lighting conditions, wobbly hands, ect) ****for what is not a dream by day to him whose eyes are cast, on things around with a ray cast back upon the past****
online profiles= www.myspace.com/moonlitlace ________________________________ From: bev walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> To: Arachne <lace@arachne.com> Sent: Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 17:01:53 Subject: [lace] photographing lace Hi everyone and Sue who asked: Talking about photographing lace I have a question, I have a very ordinary > digital camera (HP Photosmart M417) that does have a few functions Macro > etc. and would like to know the best way to take photographs of lace with > it,..... > My experience with ordinary digital cameras: difficult to get a good closeup with macro unless there is lots of light and/or your hands are very steady. You can set the camera on a tripod, or flat area and set the shutter on timer. Stand away and hope a truck doesn't rumble by and shake the building when the shutter goes off. In some cameras the depth of field is tentative, experiment ahead of time to find the best distance within inches to place the camera for the sharpest possible image. Another approach, set the camera at highest quality and take a snapshot (not a macro) then later crop in your photo-viewing program. Practice at home with textiles on hand ;) -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
