Could I get an opinion on these two pictures, please.

Here is a recently acquired Limetanus. Love the coin, and am trying to take pictures to catalogue it. The only difference in the two shots is simply a +3 white balance when taken, and no white balance (darker one)......your opinion, please?

 

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IMO…the +3 white balance setting chases away the shadowy recesses so you see the entire surface condition. I would choose that for cataloging…Spark

 

How about a +2? I like the higher contrast on the first one, but to @Spark1951 's point the second shows a bit more surface detail.

 

My camera has +3 increments, so its 0 or +3.......I am trying to avoid processing after the fact through editing programs

 

The 1st pic is better IMO. It's more eye-appealing.
This coin is superb, congratulations BUT... the white plastic slab with its sort of teeth ruins the picture.

 

The second picture is best in my opinion. It's a more natural view of your coin.

Bruce

 

That's one reason I prefer PCGS to NGC slabs. The PCGS "prong" style is WAY less visually obtrusive. The slabs themselves are also much stronger and harder to break than NGC's slabs, and just look nicer IMO.

 

I’m going to reimage this, paying more attention to F stop and I’ll lower the ISO as far as I can. Silver seems easier than copper….:my Fugio should be interesting.

I bought it in the slab, so, I had to accept the slab. I don’t think I want to go through the expense of having it reslabbed….also, they aren’t making more of these (well, except
For maybe China), so I don’t want to risk losing it. Bad as those teeth are, the coin is protected.

I absolutely appreciate everyone’s input here. I can alter the white balance with editing software, but I’ve seen too many over processed pictures, and was trying to avoid that. Also, those scratches on the slab! Has anyone tried to minimize them with a light wipe of mineral oil, etc?

 

Ultra-Pure Lamp Oil. I also use this as valve oil (see avatar). $10 worth will probably last you the rest of your life. Bring your own dropper bottle.

 

Lamp oil…..oddly, I have this at work. It doesn’t appear to cloud the slabs apparently, so I’ll have to give it a look! Thank you!

 

It's also good for loosening goo from stickers. For the scratches, you need less than a drop, then wipe it across the slab face with your finger. If you have dust or bubbles in the oil, they'll show up in the image as blurry grey spots that you can just wipe off the slab. Bad scratches need to be polished out, though. Older holder PCGS "pixel" scuffs (tiny square patches -- you know them if you've seen them) should also be buffed out if possible.

 

Great tips! I appreciate this……I endeavor to get this to an acceptable level

 

Well, here I go....redid it, with Macro lens, F-9, AP, ISO 100, all taken at +3 white balance, and other than cropping, no editing whatsoever......I also did my Fugio do try out a copper.....I didnt do the paraffin oil fix, mostly because I forgot to! I feel the Fugio is a 12-x, slabbed as MS-63. Pretty weak reverse strike, and distinctive charcoal spots on the obverse

 

Well, if it helps, my iPhone pictures are so awful, I don’t dare show them!