Well, its a common date, lower grade coin that I picked to play with. It has color to it that I was trying to capture and some wear that I was also trying to capture, this is why I chose this one. Any criticism will be considered constructive. Josh
I like. I can sort of relate because I have a Buffalo Nickel with similar color but I can't capture it.
The rev pic does a great job of showing the color difference in the worn areas. The obv not so much. One thing I always tried to remember was that pictures of coins can typically only show 1 thing at a time. You can either capture the detail, the color, or the luster or lack thereof (thus wear) - but rarely can capture more than 1 of those in the same pic. So when taking coin pics, take several from each and every set up you use. And remember, even the slightest change in lighting, settings, camera angle or distance constitutes a new set up. Then pick the pic that best illustrates the aspect of the coin you wish to show to others. Or - share several to show all aspects.
[QOTE=Joshycfl;743291]photos courtesy of my 3yr old, 6mp Panasonic [/QUOTE] MP do not equal image quality. This is a huge misconception and really irks me since I'm a photographer. MP = how large of a print you can print. I have 21.1MP EOS 5d Mark II and it's only useful since I crop a lot. 6mp you can print up to 8" x 10" with best quality, and twice that with average quality... Anyhow back on topic, it is a good shot
I'm thinking I'm going to take away the "reflection" affect. Putting them on my web-page, it doesn't look right. http://www.kestneronline.com/home/pictures
I never liked the reflection effect myself. I've always just kept the photo with the coin and a slab label, or a package label and that is it.
Those look better! Much better! Although, on your site, I would recommend putting more of a space between the two, as it looks like it is just one big photo.
Once you start adding more photos it will look very odd, to me anyways. But hey, if you like it, more power to you :thumb:
