Recent content by waferthin

Thanks Phil V, Reading through your link now. Also shall get hold of a copy of the book you suggested - Light Science and Magic 4/e: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting . I guess there is no short cut to get decent pictures.

Sorry - I am new to this. From now on, I shall post a link to the images. The link is : http://www.ringlovers.com/UV/UV-532-1.jpg I thought this may be some sort of standard way to light jewellery. I selected the image because it shows the lights in the reflection. Here is another image...

This photo has been taken with a Nikon D40. Information from exif: http://www.ringlovers.com/UV/UV-532-1.jpg F-stop f/5.6 Exposure time 1/500 sec ISO speed ISO-200 Exposure bias +0.3 step Focal length 55 mm Max aperture 5 Metering mode Pattern Flash mode Flash,auto,strobe return 35mm focal...

Thanks gad-westy, I was able to get the whole ring in focus by using F-stop f/14. I am trying to achieve the following result, which has been shot with a Nikon D40. http://www.ringlovers.com/PAP/PAP-269-1.jpg It uses these settings: F-stop f/13 Exposure time 1/200 sec ISO speed ISO-200...

I just used AUTO settings. Following is the information from exif: F-stop f/5.6 ISO speed ISO-110 Exposure bias 0 step Focal length 45 mm Max aperture 4.8 Metering mode Pattern 35mm focal length 67 and here is the picture. As you can see the edges are all blurry.

I use Nikon D3100 with the standard 18-55mm VR Lens to take close up photographs of rings (as in jewellery). I do not use flash, but 4 lamps to light up the ring. I have tried several built-in settings e.g. macro etc. Every photo I take, the centre is in sharp focus, but the edges of the ring...