Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-24 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Thank you very much, I will save this one for future reference..come this fall. Best, Dave F. thornysahuaro wrote: --- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Tom, List; Here we go.Get a dark (black felt) non reflective cloth square maybe Tom, Dave, and List; Over th

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-24 Thread thornysahuaro
--- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Tom, List; > Here we go.Get a dark (black felt) non reflective cloth square > maybe Tom, Dave, and List; Over the last several years I have been taking lots of photos of various mineral specimens and a few meteorites I would like to pa

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Thanks Ann, Into this mental grist mill it goes and Thanks Tom and Dave for starting this thread. Jerry - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-li

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Gerald Flaherty
This one gets printed and saved for reference! - Original Message - From: "Dave Freeman mjwy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:39 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pict

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Martin H.
Hi Sterling and all, The 18 percent gray is more than trivia. The famous photographer John Shaw describes the light meter as actually a 'gray meter' and the implication are important. If you point a photographic light meter at snow in the sun, and take a picture, you will get an 18 percent gray

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Before the first days of auto-exposure calculation in cameras (film then), the problem has always been to sum all the lights and darks in a potentially infinite range of images to determine a single correct exposure. The original solution that underlies auto-exposure and all the sophis

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 5/21/2005 12:40:37 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here we go.Get a dark (black felt) non reflective cloth square maybe a couple of feet in diameter...black or dark old wool blanket, worn old sheet, old sweatshirt.Set up your card table or

[meteorite-list] Re: THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING Pictures 101

2005-05-21 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Tom, List; Here we go.Get a dark (black felt) non reflective cloth square maybe a couple of feet in diameter...black or dark old wool blanket, worn old sheet, old sweatshirt.Set up your card table or picnic table out of doors where you have plenty of room and light. Get your cha