Forums: Taking Marble Pics

How in the world do you get a picture of a marble with the black light on it. Flash or no flash the thing is always washed out and you can't tell that it glows. :banghead: Rhonda

I need help taking pics of transparent marbles ... assume that I know nothing about photography! any suggestions, helpful links etc. appreciated! thanks, sl

I recently had to sign in under a different name., as lost my old password. I posted a pic on 10-10 and someone thought I was new. Other people probably recognized my blurry pictures and realized it's still the same person! I recently became unemployed, boo hoo for some reasons., but perhaps I...

A lot of people dont utilize the white balance function on their camera.....this is a very important feature of most cameras that can save you lots of time and heartache with the perils of image editing your marble pictures with software.... Most digital cameras have a white balance function...

Luckily, my camera is very capable of taking macro pictures, but I was having a lot of problems with the flash drowning out colors, especially whites and light shades. I tried shielding the flash, but it wasn't even enough and created ugly shadows. SOOOO, here's what I do now. I have a plastic...

Which do I want? Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro Photo X2? I like to fix pics, but also play around with cloning, cropping and pasting pictures into other photos. The new computer is Vista, so keep that in mind. Thanks for any help. Derrick

This probably isn't the right area for this question., but seems to be where the most people visit. I may have the opportunity to purchase a decent camera and would like some ideas. I would like to know what brand names., and approx cost. would give me the best results especially in the area of...

Hi All I finally got around to taking some pics of part of my collection. Do I need a web host to post from? Or can I post from my jpeg file? Thanks for the help in advance.

I have a 7.0 megapixal camera, just wondering how everyone gets their shots so close, I am new at this camera thing and have a hard time not getting blurry pictures any help would be appreciated.:help2:

I can get somewhat decent pics of certain marbles, leave all settings the same and switch out mibs and get bad shots. I don't like the large light reflections, but not having a flash keeps me limited to using these lamps. Anyway, look at the brick photos....they are not too bad, although nothing...

i've been fooling around with marble pictures for almost a year now., and nothing. At one time someone sent me a web site- power trains., or toys or something like that. It helped- but I deleted the program., as thought maybe wasn't the program., but the camera- but think it did help. Does...

just a hint... if you have a pink marble, and it doesn't come out pink, but amber or red, try using a matte blue background. then it will show a truer color.

I wanted to start this thread to see if I could get any bites on maybe some of the more Expert Marble Photographers sharing a picture or two of their lighting rigs. This has been a constant battle for me, and digital cameras can be very fincky in regards to lighting. What works best for you?...

With out taking into consideration the light reflections, what do you think of these? Still not the quality I'm after, but a step in the right direction I believe.