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Re: Updated my pages; new nanofig-scale starships
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lugnet.publish
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:55:20 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Todd Lehman writes:
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Good advice.
The idea behind diffusion is a bit counter-intuitive. Turn the lights around
and reflect them off something white. Copy/typing Paper works well for small
objects. You can also do similar effects by hanging the paper in front of the
lamps, but you need to use a translucent paper like tracing paper. And be
careful that they are far enough from the bulb not to burn ;-).
Generally a photo setup has a light to either side and one from above for full
coverage, but a lot of folks use regular sunlight. You can still use small
reflectors to take care of the shadows.
Hope that helps.
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| (...) The good news on focus is that increasing the light provides added choices: you can increase the shutter speed (1/60 -> 1/250, for example) or increase the F-stop (1.8 -> 5.6, for example), or a combination. Increasing the F-stop is generally (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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