This Will Brighten Your Day

Ann Horsman · Post by **Ann Horsman** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:55 am

Well, I have seen it all now.

"Please include a scale in your photo"

sharon cook · Post by **sharon cook** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:19 am

Brighten? Nooooo, I think not. But it did make me shake my head and give one of those despairing chuffs of laughter. Then I put my head down on my desk for a while. Once I get home from work and have a beer, I'll be fine. BYW what in the world kind of "scale" was that?

sharon cook · Post by **sharon cook** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:21 am

Also, I meant to tell you, I LOVED your emoticons of the beating of the dead horses. That was fabulous.

Ann Horsman · Post by **Ann Horsman** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:37 am

Sharon,

A cold one will make you feel a lot better!

It looks like a Celcius scale rather than a linear scale. Maybe next time I will get a bathroom scale?

OK, now I am guilty of beating a dead horse!

sharon cook · Post by **sharon cook** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:43 pm

Oh, please somebody take a picture of a latent palmprint on a wall, while holding up a bathroom scale next to it!!

charlton97 · Post by **charlton97** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:48 pm

I know I am going to regret this, and I am sure you are all going to think I am a complete egg head, but I could in theory see why this would be a sensible scale as an initial recording.

You will note the thermometer (that is what it is) reads about 28 celcius. 80 Degs F. At those temps it could be reasonably humid? It might be unseasonably warm?? We all know latent deposition can be effected by such environmental conditions. There might be very good reason for recording this information. I always record the weather conditions in my reports. You never know when it might add weight to testimony.

Sorry to be an anorak!!!

Daktari · Post by **Daktari** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:01 am

Wonder if there was a thermometer in Marion Ross's bathroom.

sorbitol · Post by **sorbitol** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:42 pm

Thats a hoot! but yeah maybe it was to record the temp...doubt it but maybe ...?

But you could always used the door hinge standard size is 3.5/4 inches

Ducky · Post by **Ducky** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:58 am

A scale in a photograph does not need to be a device with inch or mm deliniations.

It can be a size that is standard, i.e. business card, 3.5 index card, package of cigarettes, etc. Printing a photo at 1:1 scale just has to reproduce the standard used in the photo.

RL Tavernaro · Post by **RL Tavernaro** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:39 am

Technically, a 'scale' does not even have to be a 'standard' size, as long as the item used is retained in the case file, and is available as a reference when sizing (or viewing) photos.

I once considered using a laboratory triple-beam scale in a photograph of a latent palmprint... Unfortunately, the triple-beam scale wouldn't fit in a manila folder.