Going through the motions of re-imaging what I have, and though I'm not completely satisfied with the results, I feel they'll do well enough for now.
As always, thanks for looking and do (by all means) post yours' if you have 'em. If ya don't, no worries. Post something golden that you own.
Oh, dear, this was the wrong thread to hit during the every-evening slowdown of traffic between CoinTalk.com and att.net. Took several minutes to finish downloading the images. But they ARE worth waiting for!
Well…. I do have some nice commemorative gold to share….. My kindergarten quality photo skills make them look hideous as compared to Greenies skills. But here ya go.
These photos looking really good! This is funny, I was just re-imaging some photos yesterday too. Some I took a few years ago that I wasn't happy with anymore. The game changer for me was hooking up an old laptop to my Canon T3i on the copy stand using a USB cable and downloading the software from the included CD. Now instead of trying to squint and see if coins of various sizes and brightness are sharp and in focus on a tiny camera LCD screen, I can view them live on a full sized laptop screen. Before I had to get lucky. Now every picture is as expected. Learned a new trick yesterday as well. There is a magnifying glass button at the bottom right. Click that and it zooms in live on a small box that you can move around the coin to find details to focus on. Adjust the bellows up and down until the zoomed in view is as sharp of focus as you can get, then close the window and the entire image adjusts to perfectly sharp. I bought a remote shutter switch before I did this. It's not needed anymore as the software has a button at the top right on the computer screen to control the shutter remotely from the laptop. One of the hardest images to get for me was of a MS steel cent. So hard to get lighting right and tell if it's in focus. Before and afters now (MS-66):
I can't take pictures, but I love the 2016 Gold Mercury Coin, Standing Liberty Gold Coin, and the Walking Half Dollar Gold Coin. However, I just got my all time favorite, the 2021 W American Liberty One Ounce Gold Coin. I love horses, although I am allergic to them. I've got tons of pictures of horses. This is a great site. Thanks to all
Great shots. I prefer the non-proof surfaces. I think the coins look better that way. And while I'm ranting, I REALLY don't like the "reverse proof" finishes.
So nice, Randy...and the 1999-W Washington obverse image is now (same as) on the new quarters. Also, I'm narrowing down my search for one of these in OGP with COA, etc.
You should be able to get better focused photos than those with a cannon on a copy stand. Here is a photo using a Nikon b500 on a table tripod using Bluetooth to transfer to my cell phone for cropping.
