Coin Of The Day!!!

Put the light between you and the coin, that might mean finding a small table lamp you can adjust the angle or height. Also consider using two lamps to equally light the coin, say from 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock for beginners. If your light source is above/behind you, the coin will be blocked by you, your camera or tripod* and anything in between that can create a shadow and steal light from properly illuminating your coin.

*a tripod is very useful and can be set to be level so you know it's on the same level plane as the coin (no skewed angles).

 

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Place the lights beside the camera to take care of shadows issue. You may have to turn off the celing light

Change the angle of the light or lights, use a desk lamp or clamp on lights from the hardware store. You can also play around with different light bulbs, a 3000K light will have a different hue than a 5000K bulb.

 

Just a few links to help get an idea... there are more out there.

CoinTalk threads (some are old):

Cheap Coin Photography

Post a picture: Coin photography and lighting setup (Has pictures of lighting and camera set ups)

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-axial-lighting-setup-complete.185518/

Pro advice / discussions on coin pics:

http://www.coinimaging.com/

http://news.coinupdate.com/discussing-numismatic-photography-with-todd-pollock-0716/

 

When you got all that down pat you might want to check out this thread.......

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/photo-editing-and-presentation-with-photoscape.175157/

 

I'm feeling lazy today. So green18, since you are sweet on commemorative coins, would you care to tell us a little about this coin of the day.

 

Great commem, Wheatmaster!

I enjoy collecting 40% silver Ike dollars but I also include these 90% commemoratives in my Ike coin collection.

Below is some info abut the coin and two examples of mine.

And for the "coin photography tip of the day" I will share how editing out the background of your coin pictures and placing them into a template of your liking, helps to boost the quality of your image presentation.

In creating mine, I use Photoshop layers and simple devices to create the illusion of the coin hovering under a spot light, view both sides of the coin in one image file, and add information about it at the bottom. These coins are TPG certified and have been photographed through a plastic slab. Some people like to include an image of the slab insert in their coin template, too.

 

Good info and sweet coins, Krispy. This is one of my favorite commemoratives I have in my collection, and I now know a lot more about it.

 

Tomorrow I will try photoshopping my background out and putting the coin onto another template. However, I doubt I'll be very successful on my first try.

 

yeah. but keep trying.

 

Eisenhower dollars are getting hot clad and 40% silver. Collector are buying them up hoping for a new die varies. Coin World did an article mid summer.

 

This is bloobingly awesome

 

Not sure what bloobingly means but thanks.

 

"Bloobingly Awesome" is an in depth connotation of Leedleman.

 

That totally makes sense...

 

yersh it does

 

My pictures today aren't terrific, because it was my first time using photoshop. The coins are kind of oblong and aren't to scale with each other, so here goes...

Here we have a Quarter Anna (1835) and a Half Anna (1862). To my knowledge, the Quarter Anna and Half Anna were made by the East India Company, which dissolved later in history. The purpose of the East India Company was to deal with trading between Britain and India, and they acted as a governor in doing so. The value of the 1862 Half Anna is around $35 and the value of the quarter Anna is about $20 dollars. That's all for today!​

 

That's a great start with Photoshop! I love the intricate floral interwoven design elements on the half Anna. I find copper is challenging to shoot, being a darker composition than reflective silver coins and warm playful gold coins. Editing tip of the day, with Photoshop almost anything is possible, but when you start with great photos you have less to tweak in your file. Think of it like taking a photo of a model wearing flawless make-up and well lighted, and framed in the camera versus a model with no make-up and bad lighting and how much work a retoucher would have to do to make the model look great after the shoot. Great work on the coins today & happy holidays.

 

Oblong is the new ellipse

 

No photoshop for today because I wanted to show the old PCGS rattler. The coin of the day is an 1884 Morgan silver dollar graded at MS-64. This is truly a beautiful coin with extreme mint luster.

This coin was once again designed by George T. Morgan from 1878-1904, then minted again in 1921. It is worth about $94. That's all for today!

 

Photo tip of the day, when shooting reflective surfaces try to be aware or the color of the reflections which come from things surrounding the coin when shooting pics. That even includes your own body, clothes and skin tone that influences the color the camera captures on the coin surface. To avoid this you can use sheets of white or black paper or board, placing them between you and the coin or to block out other sources causing a problem with reflections. And... Remember white paper or cloth bounces more light onto your subject matter than does black or even gray which can absorb the intensity if some light source or mute color.