Re: The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is:

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Re^2: The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is: by Argel (Prior) on Mar 02, 2011 at 22:47 UTC
But that's purely functional. The OP doesn't specify how the photo would be used, so going for something that can cover both functional and artistic goals makes more sense. Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks	[reply]
Re^3: The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is: by FloydATC (Deacon) on Mar 04, 2011 at 14:02 UTC
So now we have to define both small AND best? -- Time flies when you don't know what you're doing	[reply]
Re^4: The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is: by Argel (Prior) on Mar 07, 2011 at 20:22 UTC
The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is: Well, that is what the poll is about!! (^_^) Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks	[reply]
Re^2: The best object to provide scale on a photo showing a small object is: by cdarke (Prior) on Mar 10, 2011 at 08:16 UTC
The digs I have been on use a surveyer's ranging pole (red/white bands), which seems to be fairly standard. But it depends on what "small" is: a ranging pole would be no good to show the size of a coin, but a ruler would not be useful to show the size of a small building. Size matters.	[reply]