Good morning everyone, About a year ago I bought a really good canon camera and I was going to learn the basics at using a good camera for photos. Manual settings and lighting ect. But I never had the time to go into it so I´m still using the smaller one with macro settings. But now i´m going to give my self some time and dive into this more. First try at manual settings There is so much more that the camera gives me then the smaller one Siggi
What are you using for a backdrop and why does it look like it is sitting on its edge on a mirrored surface?
Great photo. I've been getting so annoyed lately with my Celestron microscope camera. I think I'm going to have to go back to a more traditional set up like this b/c your pics came out great!
Very nice photo. I love the amount of contrast you have which can be hard with copper. I particularly like your use of a single light from above the image on the coin, makes the scene look very natural. How much if any post processing did you do, and what are your settings if you don't mind me asking?
Well done with the sharpness. Does the color and toning match reasonably with the coin? Copper can be tough to get right.
I used some tweaking of light and contrast but very minimal. I´ll post the settings later. The coin is picture perfect, at least the closest I have ever come to doing copper
Yeah, on the same line kanga mentioned: Everyone can say an image looks great, however only the person who sees the coin in hand can say if it is really a good representation of the coin. So it sounds like you feel it is a good depiction of the coin. That is good to hear. Whenever I image coins, I always take the approach as if it was for sale. Will the person who buys it feel it is exaclty how the coin looked in the image? This is especially important when it comes to copper and toned coins. Siggi, is the coin that dark in hand? It looks to me like it might be a little more red, based on the area above the head on the obverse. Not sure if you do any post processing with software, but here is an example of some adjustments. This is more of a general example, not because your coin needed it. Your image is quite good, and I don't know what it looks like in hand.But many times, the use of software is needed to really show true color.
The toning on the latter picture is way to bright, What i´ll do is take a video to show you the real thing later today
I see you took your understatement medication today I find with copper I can either get the color pretty accurate or the contrast/details pretty accurate, but not both. Not raw at least. I find the best way to show the coin accurately is the focus on the contrast/details on the raw image and adjust the color with post-processing. This is especially true on non-mint state copper.
If it looks like the coin in hand, then it is a great photo. LostDutchman once told me the same thing. The photo should be a true representation of the coin in hand.
