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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 160536, member: 1735&quot;]<a href="http://gmmannualmedals.cdbpdx.com/tn-600_AM_1993_Edge-101.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gmmannualmedals.cdbpdx.com/tn-600_AM_1993_Edge-101.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://gmmannualmedals.cdbpdx.com/tn-600_AM_1993_Edge-101.JPG</a><a href="http://gmmannualmedals.cdbpdx.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gmmannualmedals.cdbpdx.com/" rel="nofollow"></a><font size="2"></font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">The link above shows my first attempt to photograph the edge of a</font></p><p><font size="2">large medal using the reflector technique. I took the cone shaped</font></p><p><font size="2">reflector from a large flashlight and placed the medal in the bottom.</font></p><p><font size="2">The edge was reflected in a mirror image around the medal. Then, I</font></p><p><font size="2">masked the medal and vertically flipped that part of the image, then</font></p><p><font size="2">flipped the entire image to get the right perspective. Works great!</font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">Apparently, some folks have been doing this for a long time, it just</font></p><p><font size="2">took me a while to figure out that the flashlight had the perfect</font></p><p><font size="2">reflector. I just thought I&#039;d share my revelation with the group.</font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">Sometimes, the simple things can be the most fun! </font><font size="2"></font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="2">CDB</font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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