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Photography help please - 1/19/2009 4:30:21 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline I built a light box....and thought I had daylight bulbs but this is the result.....what did I do wrong? Many thanks, Attachment (1) _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc Post #: 1

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 4:34:34 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline The picture came out actually much darker than is shown here. Attachment (1) _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 2

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 4:35:24 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline I meant shown above, not here. _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 3

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 5:19:08 PM    lobeycat Posts: 6697 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Did you darken the rest of the room Marg? If so there's no need. Also try the light source from different angles. ie: from the top. a light at each side. Fool around find what's right for your conditions and camera. If your camera's equipped with marco zoom you can block off the front and just poke the lense through. Dont be afraid to fool around with it digital films cheap _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 4

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 5:36:36 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline See if you have a back light setting on your camera? That will help with cutting out the light behind the bottle, and focus on just the bottle. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 5

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 5:49:11 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline I was shooting in daylight in the kitchen. What I saw in person was very light, clear white light and background, it just came out brown when I downloaded it on the pc. I thought perhaps there may be a particular type of light source that I should use. Mine were simple clamp on spotlights. _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 6

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 6:36:44 PM    madpaddla Posts: 4141 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Excellent effort Marjorie.  And you were right, it was the light bulb.  The light bulb you have makes the bottle appear more yellow.  And congrats on a very nice light box.  It will work really well once you have the right light bulb.  And you were correct once again, a daylight bulb is the one you need.  I will take a pic of the one I use in a little bit.  Best of luck. I know the cost of my light bulb was about $12 I think but it should last almost 4 or 5 years.  Congrats on your work...you are almost there. _____________________________ Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 Best Radar from the VA - OH- ME. Excellent must SEE http://www.atmos.albany.edu/products/radarne/radarloop.htm (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 7

RE: Photography help please - 1/19/2009 7:26:32 PM    NorCalBottleHunter Posts: 353 Joined: 5/22/2008 From: Rio Vista,ca Status: offline yes, you must have a daylight bulb, we used the clip on fixtures with metal shades behind them to get the most light we could into a friend of mines homemade box, we also used three lights, one from behind gives you the best showing of the embossing, here is an example of how his turned out, good luck < Message edited by NorCalBottleHunter -- 1/19/2009 7:27:26 PM > _____________________________ http://www.myspace.com/norcalbottlehunter member: Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society collector of western bottles and unembossed flasks (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 8

RE: Photography help please - 1/20/2009 2:03:33 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Marge This is a pic with back light w/flash, the back light is a normal household bulb. Attachment (1) (in reply to NorCalBottleHunter) Post #: 9

RE: Photography help please - 1/20/2009 10:51:52 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Thanks all for the help and encouragement! My lightbulbs were ordinary ge reveal bulbs. They said "daylight" but I suspected they weren't the proper ones for the lightbox. My canera is a Canon Rebel and may be too complicated for me but I don't think I have a back light setting. I've seen some daylight bulbs on the internet specifically for shooting with a light box and I'll get some and try again. I appreciate all the help! regards, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 10

RE: Photography help please - 1/20/2009 10:53:38 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline P.S. cc6pacl and NorCalbottleHunter...your pictures are awesome! Just the look I'm trying for! thank you. Regards again, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 11

RE: Photography help please - 1/21/2009 1:03:33 AM    NorCalBottleHunter Posts: 353 Joined: 5/22/2008 From: Rio Vista,ca Status: offline We found our "day" lights at lowes, worked great, I will have to ask my friend what type of material he used to cover the box _____________________________ http://www.myspace.com/norcalbottlehunter member: Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society collector of western bottles and unembossed flasks (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 12

RE: Photography help please - 1/21/2009 7:03:25 AM    lobeycat Posts: 6697 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: cc6pack Marge This is a pic with back light w/flash, the back light is a normal household bulb. What prog did you use to edit your photo and fill in the white cc? Curious _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 13

RE: Photography help please - 1/21/2009 12:40:41 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline lobe It's the program that came with AOL (photo impression). All I did was darken/lighten the pic and use the contrast as needed, along with cropping the pic and adjusting the size. I use an old 35mm slide preview/sorter that I picked up at a yard sale years ago and converted it to a back light. You can still see the horizontal lines, If I have time I can even get those out if I go back and change the angle of the camera. If you wondering I use a Nikon coolpix 2500, 2.0 mega pix, that I bought in 2002 if I remember correctly. I still like to use natural light outside when possible, but I can get acceptable pics to me with the back light. I can't remember if I used that pic in an auction, it was the first one I found when I went looking for an example, I go look for a better one that I did use. Here's one I did use in an auction. Attachment (1) < Message edited by cc6pack -- 1/21/2009 12:58:13 PM > (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 14

RE: Photography help please - 1/21/2009 8:03:47 PM    madpaddla Posts: 4141 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Here is the light bulb I use.  I got it at Home Depot for about $12  I think.  If anyone needs to see the other side I would be glad to help. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 Best Radar from the VA - OH- ME. Excellent must SEE http://www.atmos.albany.edu/products/radarne/radarloop.htm (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 15

RE: Photography help please - 1/26/2009 1:28:25 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline I'm back with two pictures to demonstrate my efforts at photographing my bottles....here's the first one....of the lightbox. I thought it was the perfect shape and very sturdy so I got out the ole Xacto and cut it out. The lining is a cotton sheet. The top comes off for more overhead lighting. Attachment (1) _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 16

RE: Photography help please - 1/26/2009 1:30:26 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Madpaddla, Look! what a difference the right bulb makes!! Thanks for the help! Attachment (1) _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 17

RE: Photography help please - 1/26/2009 1:33:22 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 659 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline OOpps! Now I'll work on resizing!! Attachment (1) _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 18

RE: Photography help please - 1/26/2009 2:15:38 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Nice job (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 19

RE: Photography help please - 1/26/2009 12:26:50 PM    NorCalBottleHunter Posts: 353 Joined: 5/22/2008 From: Rio Vista,ca Status: offline awesome, great job _____________________________ http://www.myspace.com/norcalbottlehunter member: Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society collector of western bottles and unembossed flasks (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 20

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