Dust: I don't know what kind of photography you would call this. I was just sitting around the house today with nothing to do, so I thought I would experiment a little bit.

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Mar 2, 2019 16:03:53 #

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

I don't know what kind of photography you would call this. I was just sitting around the house today with nothing to do, so I thought I would experiment a little bit. Surprisingly, the biggest problem I had was with dust. These are my granddaughters’ little figurines and they looked clean until I took the picture and blew them up to a hundred percent. You can see all the dust that was on the figurines and on the piece of plastic. I tried brushing it off, I tried blowing it off with canned air and that all helped but the dust is still there. How do you guys deal with the dust problem?

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Mar 2, 2019 16:06:24 #

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

I encounter a similar problem when photographing antique cameras.

Mar 2, 2019 16:15:48 #

JoeN Loc: East Texas

They really look pretty clean to me. Just don’t zoom in to 100%.

Mar 2, 2019 16:40:48 #

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Try a slightly damp microfiber cloth, one that will not drop lint, and give it a good wipedown.

Mar 2, 2019 19:58:02 #

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Try a slightly damp microfiber cloth, one that will not drop lint, and give it a good wipedown.

That’s about all one can do.

The atmosphere is laden with floating micro particles and when you enlarge something you enlarge everything in the view of the lens.

Mar 2, 2019 21:24:33 #

10MPlayer Loc: California

I like to shop online for vintage saxophones and clarinets and I see the dust appears to be magnified. I don't know the answer. You might try some of those damp wipes for electronics, the kind you use to clean off your laptop screen. I think you need just a touch of moisture.

-edit- I was going to say use a lint free cloth and I see others have said the same. Your pics look great unless you zoom in to 100%. That's not really the intent of a photographer. It's to make a good looking image at normal magnification. WE all may be overthinking it.

Mar 3, 2019 06:02:05 #

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing your lighting setup diagram.

Mar 3, 2019 07:25:17 #

Red Sky At Night

Ha, I had the same problem. I have some vision issues and until I shot some elephant figurines with my D850 I had no idea how dusty my house really was. Sometimes 100% might not be a good thing. 😉

Mar 3, 2019 10:26:13 #

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

wayne-03 wrote:

I don't know what kind of photography you would ca... (show quote)

There is just no other way to put it. It ain't possible. No matter what you do there will always be dust. It's only a matter of how hard you look for it. Among the cleanest possible environments are laminar flow operating rooms. The air is filtered through the finest filters so as to minimise the possiblity of infection. Guess what? There are still wound infections. When you hear of some one dying of complications after surgery, it is often infection. So just do the best you can, and don't sweat the small stuff. BTW in your home most of the "dust" is actually skin.

Mar 3, 2019 10:29:38 #

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

Thank, skin, just what I wanted to hear.

Mar 3, 2019 11:56:01 #

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

wayne-03 wrote:

I don't know what kind of photography you would ca... (show quote)

Wayne! Have you tried wrapping several layers of cellophane tape around your fingers with the adhesive facing outward? Then gently pat the dusty area and pick up the particles.
FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust

Cheers. Ed

Mar 3, 2019 12:09:18 #

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

elee950021 wrote:

I often use a lint roller on client’s clothes when doing portraits. In these cases, it’s usually hair. With the figurine’s I wiped them down and blew them off with caned air. Should have used the lint roller them and the background.

Even in this portrait the coat looks okay, but in close up it shows a lot of lent.