ESSEX-UK-L Archives

Archiver > ESSEX-UK > 2009-07 > 1248502830


From: "michael Daniels" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] ESSEX-UK Digest, Vol 4, Issue 210
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:20:30 +0100
References: <200907230944.n6N9iF6N020767@mail.rootsweb.com><F86D470283844517A64A52002F040886@DH73KP91><1BB89D00D3A14159A88AA44CEBC68688@DELL>


Hi Jo,

Agree with your comments.

Looking at what remains of the inscription at an oblique angle, using if
necessary artificial lighting, shining a torch across the surface as above,
then
recording with camera. Digital cameras will often produce quite good results
with the flash disabled even in poor light., but need to hold the instrument
steady. Ideally, you're better to pick a sunless day for these purposes;
er,
late night activity around the churchyard might get local residents in a
tizzy
and the vicar!

Even better if you are into digital imaging and photo-editing, is to
take
various shots of the stone and then by means of enhancement using bright-
ness and contrast, changing pictures from positive to negative etc, the
faint
wording might just become sufficiently readable.

Good to play!!

Michael


----- Original Message -----
From: "jo mason" <>
To: "Diane Godbout" <>; "Fred"
<>; "'MICHAEL PEARCE'" <>;
<>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Ess] ESSEX-UK Digest, Vol 4, Issue 210


> Have you tried using early morning & evening sunlight & reading from well
> to
> the side of the stone?
>
> I tried it years ago in Cambridge in one of the large cemeteries being
> dropped at 8.30am. It was quite successful.
>
> Cheers
> Jo in Leics
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Any problems, please contact the List Admin:
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
> quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This thread: