Post A55dWkzT1bgWrtpcDA by gamehawk@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #A55dWkObEgC71YaAkK by gamehawk@mastodon.social
       2021-03-11T02:29:18Z
       
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       Okay, #photography people, I need some help.Whenever I try to take pictures of things with iridescent foil bits my cameras (a Nokia phone running Open Camera and elderly iPad native app) want to take out all the sparkle. I assume I'm running afoul of some kind of noise reduction but even if I turn off NR in Open Camera it still happens. I know the CCD can "see" the colors because if I catch it before it fully focuses, they show well in lens flare or whatever that is. How do I capture sparkles?
       
 (DIR) Post #A55dWkzT1bgWrtpcDA by gamehawk@mastodon.social
       2021-03-11T02:33:37Z
       
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       (FWIW: I have a ring light, built into the light box, and a spot light. Unfocused picture is with the ring light off because that's the best way to get it to not finish focusing before the capture. I mean, if I have to use spot-only to get the sparkle, I can do that, but even that doesn't really capture it. This fabric is 100% made of sparkle, it's wild, and the camera just will. not. see. it.)
       
 (DIR) Post #A55dWlQ3Qkx6CMGqeW by CarlCravens@mastodon.xyz
       2021-03-11T05:00:42Z
       
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       @gamehawk How much of the sparkle is a human eye thing?
       
 (DIR) Post #A55e3lHGyhcpJbtj1M by gamehawk@mastodon.social
       2021-03-11T05:06:39Z
       
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       @CarlCravens Some of it is, I know: your brain registers sparkle from both eyes so you get the benefit of two different angles. You have to close one eye to see what the camera has a chance to catch.But noise reduction will minimize it too, and I can't turn that off on the iPad AFAICT (no Open Camera equivalent, stuck with the built-in app). But the iPad has a bigger lens, deals better with low light.I need to get the camera bracket set up so I can do longer exposures, apparently.