I have been enjoying the thread on photography.  My shell photo-ops
have been limited to the website variety (30 -  60k, taken with a Sony
"Mavica" camera designed to produce photos perfect for a fast-loading
web-page - Mac-friendly too!!), but some day i may graduate to the
mega-pixel range also...
        My question is: can one purchase a light bulb that simulates natural
sunlight close enough for natural colors to be represented properly?  I
know there are ultra-hot, 300 watt beasties out there that last about 3
hours, but this isn't exactly what i had in mind.  Perhaps a flourescant
tube of some sort?  I've tried 3 kinds of "full spectrum" bulbs so far,
but they are slanted towards to blue/violet end of the spectrum (i
suspect some of the bluer photos in the Compendium were taken using this
sort of light).  Hope someone has the answer - i'm getting desperate here!!

From the Slush Capital of the planet,
Ross M.