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Subject: [Leica] Help on lighting
From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@yakima-wa.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:46:17 -0700
References: <200210021329.GAA04738@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

IF this is a repeat, I am sorry.  The previous message I sent from my school
account, and I don't think it went out.  At least it hasn't appeared in the
two digests since.

I have a friend who wants me to take some photo of glass beads.  She makes
them and sells them.  They are small (little finger nail size on average)
and very shiny.  All the photos she has taken have real hot spots on them.
I have been thinking of how to light them to try to eliminate or at least
greatly reduce the hot spots.  I thought of using a white umbrella over them
and lighting them through the umbrella with flash or natural lighting.  I
have heard that using polarizers on the light source and the lens also might
be a way, but I think this is only for flat objects.

She hasn't given me any yet, so I thought I'd see if anyone has experience
in lighting small shiny objects.  Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks

Aram

This message is made of 100% recycled electrons.  No new atoms were
destroyed in making it.

Aram Langhans
Science Teacher, Naches High School
101 W. 5th. St / P. O. Box 159
Naches, WA 98937

"Science Rules"

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