Practicing with the camera again with small Greeks

that looks pretty dang good!

 

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The imahe looks dark on my monitor, but the details are really good.

 

I agree but when I try to lighten it up by post processing it washes out. I'm still learning the software. If I increase the light when I take the picture it looks like the surface of the moon with stark highlights or it washes out. We will get it figured out eventually. I'm retired and have time on my hands anyway. Lol

 

That Hadrian is wonderful. I hope you are able to eventually take pictures that are to your liking.

I agree that simply brightening the too-dark images in this case does not fix it.

You can fiddle with the midtones and shadows with slightly better results, but the bottom line is it needs more light to begin with. You might have some luck tilting the coin just a bit towards the light. If possible, tilt your camera a corresponding amount.

Here it is with the shadows lightened a fair amount using Photoshop Elements:

 

Thanks Tiff, I'll try that next time. I probably won't get to try again until later tonight or tomorrow. The coin in hand looks way better than the pictures.

 

My question here is why you placed the light from the top on the obverse and from the right on the reverse. I might try both from more like 1 o'clock and see what difference it makes.

I believe raising the light angle so it is not so harshly grazing across the coin might help. Certainly lightening it would help.

TIF gave an improvement. Is the color accurate or is it a bit blue. That is an easy fix.

 

Because I photographed the coin upside down

 

This is 6.5mm. It is better than the seller's pic but it is out of focus around the 8 o'clock area. I use a spirit level on the camera so probably the coin was not level. I am happy with it for now. I am coming to the end of my photos that haven't been catalogued, then I will start from the beginning, nearly all of them need to be rephotographed. I am more optimistic about future shots. Thanks Doug

 

Doug, no blue in the coin. I guess the green could go blue. I'll play with the software when I get a chance. I need to get in the habit of making notes when I change things too. Maybe a log book of some kind to keep track of settings.