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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1830810, member: 12007"]Clear glass is one of the most difficult things to photograph effectively. It usually has to be back-lit and back-lit with reflective light! That can be a trial to set up on the kitchen table, but it can be done. </p><p>I took the pic below by placing the glass on a black tile and aiming the light from <b><i>under </i></b>the tile to a white card placed a few feet back from the subject. </p><p>It's not the best pic I ever took, but it does show the object better than trying a shot face on.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]241612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 1830810, member: 12007"]Clear glass is one of the most difficult things to photograph effectively. It usually has to be back-lit and back-lit with reflective light! That can be a trial to set up on the kitchen table, but it can be done. I took the pic below by placing the glass on a black tile and aiming the light from [B][I]under [/I][/B]the tile to a white card placed a few feet back from the subject. It's not the best pic I ever took, but it does show the object better than trying a shot face on. [ATTACH=full]241612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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