Started on stage 1 - drinking the wine.
Mike
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> On 17 Mar 2018, at 22:14, wayne.harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> This technique often works ok for new labels, but not all, especially on an
> older bottle of wine.
>
> ...Wayne
>
>
>
>> -------Original Message-------
>> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Wine bottle label
>> Sent: 17 Mar '18 18:51
>>
>>> On 3/17/2018 8:52 AM, Mike Bloor wrote:
>>> Any ideas on this problem? I want to photograph a wine bottle label. The
>>> label wraps around the whole bottle. Of course I could drink the wine, soak
>>> the label and try and remove it, dry it and flatten it.
>>
>> The better way is to pour very hot water carefully into the bottle to above
>> the top of the label, keeping the label dry
>> (funnel helps). Doesn't have to be boiling. We have no young children in the
>> house, so I have the water heater set hot.
>> The heat will release the glue and the label comes off much more easily and
>> in much better condition.
>>
>>> It would be much more fun though if I can photograph it in situ. I have an
>>> E-M5 II to do this with.
>>
>> I've done that with a small, cylindrical object, rotating it slightly for a
>> lot of shots, then combining them. (Did I
>> use the PS panorama stitching?) It worked, but was mote trouble than I liked.
>>
>> For a wine bottle, I just remove the label and scan it. No lens distortion,
>> no imperfect squareness, perspective
>> distortion, etc.
>>
>> Flat Bed Moose
>>
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