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Frenchie 24-07-2017 08:51 PM

Taking pics of my scuffed bumper
 
Have been trying to take a few pictures of my scuffed bumper to forward to sprayers, but finding it impossible. All I get is reflections in the paintwork. Have tried in different light conditions and on different camera settings, close up, auto, etc, all without success. Anybody got any ideas, thanks.

MIDLIFE 24-07-2017 09:09 PM

Can you mask of the bodywork with a non reflective material? :ok:

Frenchie 24-07-2017 10:04 PM

Sorry to be a bit thick, but not sure how to do that.

urabusMY94 25-07-2017 11:23 AM

Sounds counterintuitive, but have you tried taking photos in the dark using a flash? You may need to play with the angle and distance you are taking the photo from, to get the right level of reflection/minimise whiteout, but you may be able to pick out the scratched part from the background this way?

Alternatively, the image-processing software on the iPhone seems very good at picking up blemishes against a constant background - again, subject to getting the right angle/reflection.

Frenchie 25-07-2017 11:46 AM

Thanks for that,will give it a go tonight.

MIDLIFE 25-07-2017 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenchie (Post 239720)
Sorry to be a bit thick, but not sure how to do that.

Mask the area around the scuff leaving only the scuff showing, might work?

Sybil 21-08-2017 07:17 PM

Maybe you have to process the photo after that, in order to see the desired area?

Frenchie 22-08-2017 08:54 AM

Thanks for that,will give it a go.

Jason7579 04-09-2017 10:01 PM

A polarising filter should get rid of reflections... or try holding a pair of polarised sun/glasses in front of the camera (you may need to rotate the glasses ro find the best angle to get least reflections).

Frenchie 05-09-2017 08:14 AM

Thanks Jason, will give that a try. As said previously marks are very faint,but I know they are there.


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