questions on how to take pictures of a very lightly toned nickel?

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  1. AlexN2coins2004

    AlexN2coins2004 ASEsInMYClassifiedAD

    I have a 1959 D nickel that has alot of very light toning it's practically toned like leadfoot's icon picture...

    so how the heck so I get a picture to actually show the colors of the toning?

    Every Picture I take just looks like a BU coin with a dark stain over part of it...:mad:

    any help in this matter would be appreciated
     
    AlexN2coins2004, Nov 21, 2009
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  3. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Hold the coin under the light and look at it, tilt/turn it until you see the toning you want to capture in the pic. Then make note of the angle between the light and the coin and your eye and the coin. Then try to dupicate that same angle between the light and the coin and the camera and coin.

    The camera will see the same things your eyes do - but only if the angles are the same.
     
    GDJMSP, Nov 21, 2009
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  4. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    it is a lot of trial and error and I still don't have it right a lot of the time. Just keep moving the angle of light, adjusting the intensity, etc. snapping and moving til you get the effects you want
     
    bqcoins, Nov 21, 2009
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  5. jallengomez

    jallengomez Cessna 152 Jockey

    Also, I would imagine in order to capture the colors of toning that it would be important to white-balance with Photoshop or some other software.
     
    jallengomez, Nov 21, 2009
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  6. grizz

    grizz numismatist

    .......just hold the coin at the correct angle when you show it to someone!
     
    grizz, Nov 21, 2009
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