Taking pics of my scuffed bumper

[Frenchie]

Have been trying to take a few pictures of my scuffed bumper to forward to sprayers, but finding it impossible. All I get is reflections in the paintwork. Have tried in different light conditions and on different camera settings, close up, auto, etc, all without success. Anybody got any ideas, thanks.

[MIDLIFE]

Can you mask of the bodywork with a non reflective material?

[Frenchie]

Sorry to be a bit thick, but not sure how to do that.

[urabusMY94]

Sounds counterintuitive, but have you tried taking photos in the dark using a flash? You may need to play with the angle and distance you are taking the photo from, to get the right level of reflection/minimise whiteout, but you may be able to pick out the scratched part from the background this way?

Alternatively, the image-processing software on the iPhone seems very good at picking up blemishes against a constant background - again, subject to getting the right angle/reflection.

[Frenchie]

Thanks for that,will give it a go tonight.

[MIDLIFE]

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Sorry to be a bit thick, but not sure how to do that.

Mask the area around the scuff leaving only the scuff showing, might work?

[Sybil]

Maybe you have to process the photo after that, in order to see the desired area?

[Frenchie]

Thanks for that,will give it a go.

[Jason7579]

A polarising filter should get rid of reflections... or try holding a pair of polarised sun/glasses in front of the camera (you may need to rotate the glasses ro find the best angle to get least reflections).

[Frenchie]

Thanks Jason, will give that a try. As said previously marks are very faint,but I know they are there.