A piece of 5mm dowel, painted flat black, blutaked to the base and through a slit in the velvet. Specimen sits on top. You might need to create a "pad" on the dowel end. You would only be able to photograph from directly above. > > From: Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/01/23 Wed AM 10:31:53 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Macro setup problem > > Hello all, > > I have a macro setup problem that I thought I would pose to the list to > see if anyone can come up with a solution for me. > > It's not a problem with camera lens or flash, all that works very well. > I've just been photographing museum specimens for a friend of mine that > is publishing a paper. Two of tonights specimens are one of a kind, > only specimen of the species in existence holothurians (sea cucumbers) > that are reasonably fragile and approximately 8 mm (1/3 inch) long. > > My problem is that to photograph them at their best I am suspending them > about 2 cm (3/4 inch) above black velvet. I can't sit them on glass as > they tend to roll to show the wrong bits and the glass reflects. If I > sit them on the velvet they instantly pick up any stray threads. At > present I an sticking pins into blu-tac and having the pointy ends go > through the velvet and balancing the specimen on them. I can't stick > the pins into the specimens because of the damage that might cause. I > also need ot hide the pins behind the specimen so it is not visible in > the image. > > So, does anyone have any ideas on an easier way to support these > specimens, without damage? > > -- > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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