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Graduation gift

Pete B

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Hi,

i don't make many of these, i wish i did though.
They are a gift to a friends Daughters for her graduation, swwbo is her Godmother, and i know her well as well of course.
She picked the colour and they are white alternate mother of pearl, both in Statesman classics.
The fountain has had a replacement nib from a specialist jeweller through someone i know and is 14kt and has a very cool stub italic grind.
C and C welcome and i hope she likes them and more importantly uses them at Uni.

Regards

Pete

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Jim

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Beautiful pens Pete, i am sure she will use these they are to good not to ... :thumbs:
 

Pete B

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Thanks Gents,

they were very appreciated by the young lady as well.
Apparently fountain pens are becoming popular among our young students, well this 18 year old anyway.
Lets hope so.

Rowdy.
I am really no expert. I have picked it up along the way from various forums.
What i do.
Light tent, and lights, you can make your own even with just white card, but they are cheap on flea bay.
If your using flash hold a business card loosely over the flash to eliminate glare.
ISO 100.
F 22 this is i think depth of field and i still haven't got it right as the ends of these pens are out of focus. I have tried focussing on the ends, the centre band and then moving shot and taking picture, but this is still wip.
Use the timer as you get a longer exposure.
set the custom white balance by taking a shot of either a white background, i use the light tent with nothing in it. Or you can get a special grey card from photo shops, i don't have one.
Use photoshop or similar to crop, adjust light, i always seem to have to make them brighter.
For a website a put a text box on the picture for webpages.

I was using photo matrix software that enhances the photos. It uses the bracketing feature found on a lot of cameras to take 3 pictures, one under one normal and one overexposed.
The software then enhances the picture but i think they look a bit false sometimes plus its a stack of work per pen.

Have a look on the IAP forum as there are some very good tutorials on their.

I am still learning but thats what i now do, hope it helps.

Regards

Pete
 
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