Second one looks pretty good IMO. I don't see grainy and blur - if you're looking at them zoomed 100%/full size on your monitor, they won't look as good as when you resize them for the web.
If you want something head-on like the first, try propping up a white board to your left (angled back to the window facing the book) to reflect some of light back onto the cover.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Sunday, 8 August 2010 05:17 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, today i made a little more effort - more sun and used some white paper i had lying round (but i need a bigger sheet) - and i'm really really happy with how they turned out. honestly, they're about 100x better than any other photos we've taken:http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGc9I2vEqEI/AAAAAAAAAQs/CUkHygoWuSo/s512/P1020659.JPG
― just1n3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGc-5uFQKzI/AAAAAAAAARA/JpXT3XCU2MU/s720/P1020668.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGc_U9JdARI/AAAAAAAAARI/5_BCwymW6vI/s800/P1020672.JPG
― just1n3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGdAoT-f0VI/AAAAAAAAARg/7wzS25pJIok/s512/P1020685.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGdBY1GQXTI/AAAAAAAAARw/u3SVO_rLB9o/s576/P1020692.JPG
― just1n3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LV99RVocutg/TGdCsBzAlpI/AAAAAAAAASY/WnAsEVHuYmc/s512/P1020710.JPG
― just1n3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link
one thing i only noticed after i'd taken all the photos: the window wasn't totally clean so there were some smudgy shadows on the paper/books.
― just1n3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link