To everyone on the forum, but to a few especially...including Lehigh. I still have a ways to go but I think I finally can turn out a really good coin photo! Its amazing how much better my photos are. Thanks folks!
Really nothing special. Just listening to the advice given here. You definately need to keep the camera steady. I bought a little tripod for like 10 bucks and that helps a lot. I notice that the bottom of the coins don't come out as good as the rest so maybe the tripod isn't perfectly level. I'll play with that. I have 2 desk lamps with Reveal bulbs. Aiming at 10 oclock and 2 oclock. I adjusted my white balance on the camera which can probably still get better but it made a huge difference. Its past midnight and I'm taking these pics with the artificial light and I can't wait to take them with natural light cause I think I have it figured out for the most part and that should make it even better. It definately is more difficult with smaller coins...that might be stretching the limits of my camera. But for a 4 year old point and shoot its not too bad after all! Some of my earlier pics were really bad compared to these. It is especially difficult to get the color right on toned coins but that Philippines half peso is nearly spot on.
Where I live, it's dark in the morning, then it gets lighter for a really short time (6 hours), and it gets dark again. So, I almost always need artificial light. But it will soon be the opposite
Just remember when you change your light source you need to reset your white balance. Another thing, You want the camera lens parallel with whatever the coin is laying on to get rid of the focus problem on one edge of the coin. Very nice pics by the way
Thank you! Like I said I can still get better with little tweaks and such. Maybe a better camera too but for now I'll save my money for some coins!
