I have the original AJN article as well, but I have had no luck there. I have about 10 articles about this plate. One, I don't have; Levick kept a...
Thanks for the info. I have a copy of this article, but it's about the individual obverse and reverse test plates Levick made, not the final...
Does anyone know the dimensions of the Levick Plate? It was a direct print-to-page negative, so I'd like to find out how big the negative was to...
Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that compilation before. Unfortunately, it doesn't touch on hand-colouring any of those early prints. My...
The first coin photo was taken in 1849; like all photos of the day, it was black and white. I'm looking for a hand-coloured, by which I mean...
Does anyone know of any black-and-white coin prints, taken in the 19th century, that were hand-coloured? Hand-colouring was all the rage in...
I see nothing has been added to this thread in a decade. Could you please let me know if you have received any further information about it? As...
The article is about getting the best result for any individual coin. There is nothing in there that supports or suggests a "general rule". That's...
A nice example of a Percy Metcalfe design. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I just wrote a blog post about the science behind simultaneous contrast, a phenomenon in which the placement of colours next to one another makes...
Nature's paintbrush at work. It's a 2008 Oklahoma quarter. [ATTACH]
I don't do a lot of that kind of work. I've made several collages for online sales of preassembled coin collections. This was for a Canadian penny...
I shoot a lot of coins in different positions for different purposes. Here are a few examples. [ATTACH] A bullion website banner. [ATTACH]...
It's 39mm round, and it might have been cleaned. When I look closer, I see the shadows—the letters have been squashed and deformed by a partial...
Time to post your coin club medals. I came across this 1965 medal the other day, commemorating the inception of the Richmond Hill Coin Club the...
Here's something different for this advanced coin photography thread. The year of the snake. A composite of bullion coins and snake skin. It's...
In the world of photography, there is an endless variety of lighting scenarios. The world's dynamic range is far broader than any camera system...
Me too. Mine's outside of Toronto. Where's yours?
I had the pleasure of shooting this one a few years back, but I'm pretty sure it's way out of my price range. I sure enjoyed having it in the...
Why wouldn't you shoot raw? I don't know... Remember the days of one-hour photos? You took your shots to the lab, and they processed them...
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