[Jewelry making - Article 00704] - Re: [Orchid] Experience with photo boxes

[Wayne Emery]

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>     I have been playing with one of the hard sided photo boxes and can
>     not seem to manage to take a picture of a ring without the camera
>     being reflected as a black spot on the ring. How do I avoid that? 

    Two things here: 

    1. If the black spot is REALLY obtrusive, it's because your camera
    is too close to the object. That's common with many digital cameras
    that have a very close focusing permanently attached lens. Solution
    is a camera with interchangeable lenses such as the Canon Rebel plus
    a long focal length macro lens. 

    2. You might try cutting a round hole in a piece of white artboard,
    just large enough for your lens to fit through, effectively
    decreasing the size of the "black spot". 

    Okay, here's a third: 

    If your camera produces enough megapixels, just back off a bit. Most
    folks work too close to the object anyway, which minimizes depth of
    field and just causes more problems. A higher megapixel image can
    undergo more cropping, and is usually fine for the web, anyway. 

Wayne Emery

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