Keris that are jewels

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by fernando

Always a frustration trying to take decent pictures in museums, especially when objects ae kept behind glass and with that "anti-picture" reflex light.
I intended to bring pictures of a few keris that are shown at Lisbon Museu do Oriente, in an exhibition dedicatd to jewels from the India (discoveries) route and what i got, after deleting most of them, is as little as posted here.
Remember that the examples exhibited belong to the jewel category, weapons coming second.
I hope it was worth trying

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Hello Fernando,

to avoid reflections from the flash, do not photograph in a 90° angle to the glass.
Try an angle of 45-80° and you can use the flash through the glass.

I never used the flash in museums until one colleague of mine told me this little trick and it works fine.

Best wishes Roland