Removing reflections

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dchallener
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Removing reflections

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Photography of jewelry, especially cabs is difficult. The better the polish, the more difficult it is. This interesting technology may fix this problem. I hope it becomes commercial soon:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... mit-google
Nathan Renfro
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Re: Removing reflections

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HDR image processing could be a useful tool to eliminate reflections also. I have had success using this to eliminate reflections with photomicrographs. I don't see why it wouldn't be applicable to macro images.

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Nathan
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Alan F.
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Re: Removing reflections

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I have found a polarizing filter can often be used to good effect.
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