I went to the Fort Worth Coin Show today to sell a little and spend a little. I can't pass up the bargin boxes since you never know what you might find. I picked up these two toned beauties just so i can have them to look at. My problem is I can't seem to get the photos to look right. I am a little colored blind so it hard for me to tell if the colors are right. I think the colors are close, but I can't get the photos to show the vibrantcy or the irredisent. I used my usual P&S digital. WB set on auto. Macro on. 100 ISO.White back ground. High angle lighting with a 75W PAR30 bulb. Camera on tripod and timer used. I tried tilting the coin, tried various lighting angles, single and multiple lights. Finally used timer and hand held light directly over coin with light as close to camera as possible. This is the best I could do. How can I make these photos POP! Thanks, Mike
Those are nice coins to pick up in a bargin bin. I too just got back from a coin show today, spent alot, lets say, 4 figures.
What we do in the professional photography world is use something of a known color, and balance to that color afterward. This will produce colors true to what they were at the time the object was photographed. I think this would help you especially since you are a bit color blinded. What you want to use is a "Digital Grey Card". Its a small plastic rectangle of a known grey color. Here is a good one that is inexpensive: WhiBal Put it in the picture next to the coin, in the exact same light. Then, in Photoshop or what ever you use, correct the image so the grey is what it is supposed to be. Then you coin will be the correct colors. There is more detailed directions on the Whibal site. If you need more detailed info let me know I can help...
