Here's My Latest Addition To My Metal Detecting Hobby:biggrin:

[John-Edmonton]

I ordered a light tent last week, and it arrived today. It's used to help get rid of shadows when photographing items, and defuses the light which allows better photos when taking closeups of shiny rings with diamonds. My kit comes with a cub tent, 3 colors of back drop, two lights + stands plus a camera stand fully adjustable for height and angle. It packs up into a nice small package, resembling the size of a laptop computer case.


Below is a closeup of a 22 ricochet bullet. Looks like I have a bit of a learning curve ahead of me. Oh well.........winters coming.

 

[Shayne]

Very nice.....thought about buying something similar to capture and archive photographs of my finds. Oh - next time try using your macro setting and reducing the zoom - allows more light into the aperture and you can crop the photo to make it larger while maintaining clarity.

 

[Drjohn71a]

Hey John, Light tents are designed to soften the light, like a cloudy day. This reduces reflections, but also softens detail... like trying to fuzz out facial defects, wrinkles, etc. on a person's face. AS such it will REDUCE detail. On the other hand, Specular light, like a mirrored light is not softened as it is with the cloth filters or white reflectors.

For maximum detail, a highly specular light soure (not a frosted bulp) should be set to rake light across the object like a low setting sun. This will increase highlights as well as the shadows. If there is too much shadow darkness, place a small mirror on the opposite or angled side to let some specular light into the shadow area.

If you want a scratched object to look good, you use a light box because it reduces detail and makes bad looking things "glow". That's why it's used so often on E Bay and sales catalog photos.

John