George (texatdurango) sent these blanks, probably two months ago.:redface: Thank you George. Finally got around to turning them into some semblance of a pen. #5 Bock nib. Custom brass finial, and decided to fore go the bands on this one. I think there should be one at the bottom of the cap. The barrel finial is ebonite. I still struggle with polishing this stuff. Even following directions from friends. Need a little more practice with it. Expensive learning curve though. Any advise on the photos suddenly appearing grainy? Thanks all, for comments, and for looking.
My first guess is your camera was set on automatic settings and switched to a higher ISO setting (as evidence by the post below your original one). If you changed to a higher f-number to get a smaller aperture (which provides more depth of field), the camera has to adjust by increasing the shutter speed or the ISO setting, or both. And it looks like you may have been photographing under low levels of light which would have caused the camera to compensate even more.
This is generally why some photographers prefer using manual settings. That way the ISO can be set to the desired value, The aperture set to gain the DOF wanted, and the shutter speed allowed to go slower to accommodate the lighting. Usually a tripod is needed due to shutter speed being very slow to keep the other settings where we want them. I hope this helps!