Re: Photographing Iris

Caroly Schaffner wrote:

:  I want to be able to capture diamond dusing, every
:  "hair" of the beard

"Diamond dusting" is very, VERY hard to capture on film because it fools the
camera's "eye".  It's really a trick of the light, most prominent  in bright sun
-- which is not the best condition for getting accurate color.  Every hair of
the beard?  I want to not only see that hair, but capture the color variation on
it!  My own definition of  a sharp picture is one that shows the individual
grains of pollen.

In terms of "photographic tips", my favorite one concerns color accuracy.  I
take a picture of the Macbeth color chart on the first frame, then ask the
developer to balance the roll to it.    Not only are the pictures more accurate,
but there is a record of any remaining bias and (in the case of prints) the
means to correct it.

Sharon McAllister  (73372.1745@compuserve.com)
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