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I took tons of pictures of this Liquid and Glass Bulbs Thermometer, and I just couldn't quite get the sharpness I wanted.

Netherless here's the best of them, I hope you all like it.

Adi

Beautiful image. What sort of setup did you use for this picture? Have you tried the same shot with film?

Very "heath robinson" Solo - I stood the thermometer on the floor, and then put a white card behind it. I have a Sony DSC-717 camera that takes 58mm filters, so I attached a HOYA +4 Close Up lens/filter that I use for macro shots.

I also used the internal flash, having run out the batteries on the external by leaving it on !! Must NOT do that again, 2nd time so far :( (or get a better flash unit with auto power off - if such a thing exists).

I also do not have a tripod yet, so I led on the floor trying to turn my elbows into a human tripod...I set f-stop to 8, shutter to 1000, turned on the flash and "tried" to get the image in focus by moving the camera towards and away from the subject. Touble is the image updates veeery slow on the LCD with these settings, which didnt help focusing at all.

Should I try this again, I think brighter conditions and a tripod may help ;)

In photoshop, I used a curves adjustment layer to give the image more depth, and then a filter layer simulating a "cool" photo filter to enhance the colours somewhat.

With the right set up I expect I could have had a slightly sharper image, but at the end of the day it was fun simply experimenting with what I had availble to hand :D

I haven't broken out my old film SLR for yonks - maybe I should now the photography bug is biting once more (though that new Canon Digital-SLR coming out in sept looks tempting!)

Thanks for the kind comment :)