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Advice please. How to photo a chrome plate with engraving on it?

Used to work! put in Fridge, forgotten for how long,keep looking, at one point, all should be clear.
Consider outside, shield with white brolly. Many years since I did one. Ed.

(Jan 26, 2016, 11:40)Jocko Wrote: [ -> ]Advice please. How to photo a chrome plate with engraving on it?

Just a thought John but would a circular polarizer take out the refelections.

Here is the result of my "chrome plate" image. It is the "maker's" plate from the first guitar I built. It was a bit big to put in the fridge (plus guitars don't like the cold), so I thought about Ed's outdoor option. What I ended up doing was using bounced flash below a white ceiling. I think it ended up fine, certainly as well as I had hoped for.

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Nikon D80, external bounced flash, 1/100 sec, f5.6, ISO100, 202mm lens equivalent.

Looks fine, I envisaged a cup or a bowl, or similar. Ed.

A very nice picture, and beautiful wood grain on that 'Tele'. Talking of the wood, obviously a Maple neck but, maybe a 'Light Swamp Ash' body?

Regards.

Phil.

(Jan 31, 2016, 17:53)Phil J Wrote: [ -> ]maybe a 'Light Swamp Ash' body?

Spot on. Give that man a coconut.

Here is the complete item. "Blondie".

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