so just befor i went to bed tonite i thought "i know ive go a spare 5 minutes, i will take some lovely pics of that lovely proof set and show those lovely people on coin talk. lovely" hour and a half later and im still not happy with the pics im getting. most things i can picture well, 200 year old coppers, easy. circulated wheaties, easy. proofs, aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. any way here are my best efforts. forgot the dime but if i have to get my camera out again i may go right over the edge in to the bottemless void of inssanityy where i will be made to take pics of proofs for ever in my own little dantes inferno. any way where was i ? oh thats right i was going to go sit in the corner and rock my self to sleep
Taking Pictures of proofs is always the hardest of all coins. But im liking what i see and white bakground is very cool for proofs. Good job
What you're getting are a lot of reflections of your camera, yourself and everything behind you. Make a panel of white that you can shoot through to eliminate the reflections. Because I use a small pocket digital camera, I just cut a hole in a piece of paper, poke my lense through and take the pics. It takes some trial and error but you can get decent results. You can also build a light box. Have a sturdy square framework and make the walls of white cloth or tissue paper. Shining the lights through that will give you a nice even light. Shoot from above with you coin at the bottom. Here's a DYI site: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent
1969-- brings back memories of the moon landing, a fantastic summer at the pool, great shows on TV, great songs on the radio. One of the best years of my life. This thread has made me want to go out and get a '69 proof set! :smile
You can use soft boxes for your lighting. They are pretty easy to make yourself. Just search for soft light box DIY or some such term. You can also buy them, I even seen a cheap set at office depot years ago in their digital camera section or just go the Amazon.com route. I think they run about $40 or so if you buy them. You could also alter the images in software like photoshop. I'm assuming you added the nice bottom reflection using such software. I don't alter the images in such as way to make it look better than it would in real life, but I find that the photos I take are never very true to life so I alter them to make my photos of coins as accurate as possible.
