There are also ones called plastic prints which are in soft surfaces like soap.
When using an alternate light source, it is most effective to turn the other lights in the room off, making the light more powerful.
This is also helpful because it allows you to upload the prints onto the computer for analysis and file storage.
This is important because the surface type can either make it easy or hard to lift a good print.
For porous and non-porous rough surfaces, just the photograph is the easiest collection method, but there are other options. These require something that will get into the grooves, such as gel lifter or superglue. A gel lifter is a product specifically made for lifting prints from rough surfaces and it is laid over the fingerprint and creates a small 3D cast of the print. Superglue can be applied to the print and allowed to dry and then peeled off creating a mold. This gives you a backup to the pictures that you took and allows you to file a piece of physical evidence of the prints.
Other methods say choose which hand based on male or female, or present life versus future life. In matters of your work life and career, the dominant hand is the one to read. Emotions, relationship issues, and your dreams are often revealed by the non-dominant hand.
A loop looks kind of like a lasso. An arch looks like a wave or a bridge. A whorl looks like a bullseye. There are also variations such as the tented arch, which has a much steeper peak, and the composite whorl, which is sort of like a swirl or yin-yang sign.
The less common radial loop represents someone who is open-minded and clever. They often live lives of altruism, giving to those in need. The downside for radial loop people is that if they do not stay centered, focused, then they will start to absorb too much stress.
Variations of the whorl include the peacock’s eye, which resembles a peacock’s feathers, and a composite whorl, which is sort of a series of circles that got smudged on one side.
This print comes in the variation of the tented arch, which is basically an arch with a much more pointed top. These people may be very open and friendly one day and closed off the next day.
