Tried a variation of suggested method posted below

[Anonymous]

I was reading a post below where a fella uses a plastic milk jug to compose his pics in. If I would have had one around, I would have given it a try.
What I did instead was use the inside of a white 5 gallon bucket. The results are rather good considering this is one of three shots taken and only cropped, nothing else. The dime was 'bleached' perfectly as its only reason for being in the pic was for size comparison.
The pic looks much better than the find itself.
I appreciate all the great posts sharing ideas, keep em coming.
cya
Tony

 

[Anonymous]

How ya doin'? Nice pic.Great detail. What camera are you using these days?
Doug

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Doug,
I am still using the Sony CD-Macica. The low end one called a mvc-cd200.
The pic above was what I have been trying to do for a long time with other items, you know make em look like they are out in the middle of no where.
So far, the white bucket worked, but i will have to set the disc on the detector to 5 gal or less size so the finds fit in it for their glamour shots.
On your cam trbls with the macro function, I see you have set the cam back to cam defaults. Have you tried removing the battery that keeps time and date and some other options set? I of course dont know if your nikon has this or not, BUT it did solve a problem i had with another brand. Just a hunch.
cya
tony

 

[Anonymous]

Nice Pic ... I did the exact same thing you did a while back and had good results. A couple of things that helped make it look like the stuff is floating in the air is to get the bucket up off the ground on something, I used an old milk jug crate, and shine a small light through the bottom. Then use a small wooden dowl or something to hold your find up off of the bottom of the bucket about 5 inches. That way it will give you a nice clear shot of your find and blur the background just a bit making it look like it is floating.
Check out my post I made a couple of weeks ago, "Played around with the Lighting" a few posts down, and you can see the results. I cropped to close to the coin to give it a real good floating effect but ya can still see it.
I was having problems with my website when I made the post so if the pics dont show up just right click on the red X and the click on show pic and it should work. If they dont then just go to the link at the bottom and look at the first two coins.
Keep up the good work and HH ... Shaner