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Photographing faint skid marks

Pete Zenner (pzenner@diac.com)
Sun, 18 May 1997 00:46:15 -0400 (EDT)

Does anyone have any good methods of photographing faint skid marks (i.e. filters,
camera angles, lighting, etc.). I have "bracketed" a number of photographs and
used a number of different types of film. Perhaps, there is a better method I'm not
aware of? If you perform a lot of "after accident" photography and has a good
method to "enhance" thier photos, please advise.
Right now, I take photographs of the scene showing the beginning and end of the
skid marks, then mark the beginning and end with chalk, then re-shoot a series
of photographs?
Is there a better method?

Pete Zenner
Boulder, CO

Pete Zenner
pzenner@diac.com

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