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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-21-2009, 01:36 AM   #1 (permalink) AlexN2coins2004 SuperDuperxpertOfMyFridge     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Grand Island, NE Posts: 567 My Mood: questions on how to take pictures of a very lightly toned nickel? I have a 1959 D nickel that has alot of very light toning it's practically toned like leadfoot's icon picture... so how the heck so I get a picture to actually show the colors of the toning? Every Picture I take just looks like a BU coin with a dark stain over part of it... any help in this matter would be appreciated   11-21-2009, 07:12 AM   #2 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,632 Hold the coin under the light and look at it, tilt/turn it until you see the toning you want to capture in the pic. Then make note of the angle between the light and the coin and your eye and the coin. Then try to dupicate that same angle between the light and the coin and the camera and coin. The camera will see the same things your eyes do - but only if the angles are the same. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   11-21-2009, 08:40 AM   #3 (permalink) bqcoins You get what you pay for.     Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska/Iowa Posts: 5,243 My Mood: it is a lot of trial and error and I still don't have it right a lot of the time. Just keep moving the angle of light, adjusting the intensity, etc. snapping and moving til you get the effects you want __________________ BQ Sometime Numismatic Consultant See my Bust Halves here: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid See my Holey coins here:http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid   11-21-2009, 09:20 AM   #4 (permalink) jallengomez Cessna 152 Jockey     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Duluth, Ga Posts: 784 Also, I would imagine in order to capture the colors of toning that it would be important to white-balance with Photoshop or some other software.   11-21-2009, 11:40 AM   #5 (permalink) grizz numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: aliquippa, pennsylvania Posts: 1,539 .......just hold the coin at the correct angle when you show it to someone!   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Check out this well-defined toning! AT or NT? | Sold The Chronicles set? What Price? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Another Nickel Contest nickelman Contests 29 08-24-2008 06:55 PM Some Questions about a Buffalo Nickel set run_run_run US Coins Forum 5 02-01-2007 08:36 AM 2005 Buffalo Nickel Question(s) jkantor1312 US Coins Forum 41 04-19-2005 04:56 PM A Couple of Nickel Questions nds76 US Coins Forum 7 11-28-2004 09:14 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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