Progress as of tonight... A lot of what might look like white highlights is actually reflection. Quick point-and-shoot photos under the fluorescent light is not the way to take good photos. I'll do good photos when I'm done! :-)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
May 10 work in progress
Scrimshaw, as you surely know from reading this blog for a while (right?) is a form of engraving. What gives it the color to stand out against the (usually light colored) surface is ink. So before it's inked, it doesn't look like much:
In fact, it requires some strategic positioning under the microscope in order to get enough reflected light to see what one is actually doing.
Progress as of tonight... A lot of what might look like white highlights is actually reflection. Quick point-and-shoot photos under the fluorescent light is not the way to take good photos. I'll do good photos when I'm done! :-)
Progress as of tonight... A lot of what might look like white highlights is actually reflection. Quick point-and-shoot photos under the fluorescent light is not the way to take good photos. I'll do good photos when I'm done! :-)
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