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Thanks Peter but all I know is that if I go into manual I have my focus on auto.My depth of field is set at f5.9. I set my white balance manually using grey card whereas most people will have there's on auto and I keep my speed at 1/25th of a second. I also use a tripod and keep my distance to around 12 - 15 ins from the pen. My focal length I keep at 24mm.
I fiddle around with the f no's and the speed to see if I can make it better but I haven't succeeded yet.
White balance is a subject that you will be able to explain better than me Peter that I am certain of!!!!
As regarding Photoshop Paul told me to go into light levels and adjust to the histogram rather than auto and the same with sharpness !!
I am playing around with most of this stuff and reading books on it to try and learn a bit more as it is a fascinating subject and as Brian once said to me that quality photographs of pens goes hand in hand with making them or words to that effect!!!

I am reading this thread with great interest as the more that I can glean the better !!!!

<blockquote data-quote="Terry" data-source="post: 68261" data-attributes="member: 61">Thanks Peter but all I know is that if I go into manual I have my focus on auto.My depth of field is set at f5.9. I set my white balance manually using grey card whereas most people will have there&#039;s on auto and I keep my speed at 1/25th of a second. I also use a tripod and keep my distance to around 12 - 15 ins from the pen. My focal length I keep at 24mm.I fiddle around with the f no&#039;s and the speed to see if I can make it better but I haven&#039;t succeeded yet.White balance is a subject that you will be able to explain better than me Peter that I am certain of!!!!As regarding Photoshop Paul told me to go into light levels and adjust to the histogram rather than auto and the same with sharpness !!I am playing around with most of this stuff and reading books on it to try and learn a bit more as it is a fascinating subject and as Brian once said to me that quality photographs of pens goes hand in hand with making them or words to that effect!!!I am reading this thread with great interest as the more that I can glean the better !!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terry, post: 68261, member: 61"] Thanks Peter but all I know is that if I go into manual I have my focus on auto.My depth of field is set at f5.9. I set my white balance manually using grey card whereas most people will have there's on auto and I keep my speed at 1/25th of a second. I also use a tripod and keep my distance to around 12 - 15 ins from the pen. My focal length I keep at 24mm. I fiddle around with the f no's and the speed to see if I can make it better but I haven't succeeded yet. White balance is a subject that you will be able to explain better than me Peter that I am certain of!!!! As regarding Photoshop Paul told me to go into light levels and adjust to the histogram rather than auto and the same with sharpness !! I am playing around with most of this stuff and reading books on it to try and learn a bit more as it is a fascinating subject and as Brian once said to me that quality photographs of pens goes hand in hand with making them or words to that effect!!! I am reading this thread with great interest as the more that I can glean the better !!!! [/QUOTE]

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