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Thanks all. Ralph. Having been in awe of many of yours, praise like that is cherished, thank you. An old humble Flea2. Usually I have the gamma as "low" as I can, to maximize the contrast etc. However occasionally I shoot with it at "about half way across", real scientific I know, and adjust the "exposure" setting to suit. This means there is less contrast on the surface, but limb details are not completely washed out, or overdone either. Tweaking in the processing (CS4) is about all I do.
I usually shoot a disk with one capture for the surface and another for the limb, and combine. This works well, except where the filament or prom is running "away" from the camera, and therefore in both sections. If I combine the two, the filament is black in one section, and light in the other, looks awful and unnatural. By just shooting the one capture with the wishy-washy gamma I seem to be able to get the best of both. Not always though, sometimes it looks like garbage.
Gary
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