Henry James again

Jan 22, 2007 22:46

I've decided to take my art to the final frontier: representation. I know, it's so old-fashioned it's like new again!

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garish_walls January 23 2007, 04:29:04 UTC
That's really frigging cool!

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agnoster January 23 2007, 17:20:40 UTC
Wow, that's awesome! Put the camera on a tripod and take several pictures with different exposures, you can probably get a good picture out of it by combining them.

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agnoster January 23 2007, 17:38:00 UTC
Of course, I think they're good pictures already - but if you want to get the colors better, it might help.

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talentedmrraber January 23 2007, 18:07:48 UTC
No need to backtrack, they're not good photos. I don't think we have a tripod, though. I've never been very serious about photography, although one of these days I'd like to learn maybe.

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ringkichard January 24 2007, 19:45:37 UTC
I'm not sure about Boston prices, but in the burbs a crappy tripod can be purchased for $20 or less. Cheep enough for experimentation.

Assuming that this is a digital camera, you may be able to get a better photo by adjusting the "white balance" setting. Digital cameras need to be told what "white" is, much like Clinton needed help with "is".

Alternately, a full spectrum light-bulb or daylight illumination may help the color balance.

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vahkvahk January 25 2007, 06:37:28 UTC
Also, illuminate the painting brighter than you think you need to, but from two different angles not close to the angle the camera is at (so if the painting is on the ground and the camera is directly above it, place a lamp a few feet to the right and another one a few feet to the left, directed at the painting).

You could hire me to be your professional painting digitizer!

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