The Importance of lighting and angles

Both pictures taken at the same distance, just with slight differences in lighting and angles.

What a difference!

 

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Great example. With lighting and angle you can also hide problems a coin may have.

 

Are you showing a difference of the light, or did you change the white balance?

 

I brought the light a bit closer and shined it at an oblique angle, creating more shadows.

and yes, the phone camera autocorrected for more white balance too

 

Like second photog best in each example. Capital results my friend.

 

Thanks! The second photo is very close to what it looks like in-hand.

I call the first set the TrueViews

 

Your first shots are what I call "pseudo-axial" since they show direct reflection from the light off the coin to the camera.

 

And here is how the concentration of blue in the light affects the toning. There was a frequent poster here who did not understand this.