photographing nihonto

[Strider]

Hello to all after a long absence. I have several items that I would like to post pictures of for consideration by this forums members. What is the best way to photograph detail and hada? I will be using a minolta dslr with a 90mm macro lens. Are there any tricks with lighting, background colors, distance? Any input would be appreciated. I am trying to determine if my blades warrant professional polishing and saya. Thanks Scott

[remzy]

Light box is the way to go, carefuly rest the nihonto on a plexiglass and light the mune with the lightbox that is a lightsource reflected on a white surface, this avoid light spot on the steel.

perhaps someone else could better explain this.

[Jeff Pringle]

I advise you to consider the angle of reflection, and the background that your subject that is reflecting...That's all I can say for now!

[Darcy]

Please note that this (Edit Admin - refers to article linked that has been removed by poster) is copyrighted material. I keep trying to remove it from archive.org but it doesn't seem to stick. People have abused my article unfortunately and copy it willy nilly, and I took it down a long time ago because of this.

 

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