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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BigTee44, post: 3207152, member: 41883&quot;]What are you using as far as your setup for pics?</p><p><br /></p><p>All you really need is a camera and lots of light, something to be able to tilt the coin with- I have my grey background stapled to a cardboard to have a sturdy surface- and a camera. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have quite a few people asking about pictures, so I finally made a quick video on how I take pictures. I do have a copy stand but for the video I just use 3 goose neck lamps with Day Light bulbs, a tripod, my camera, 100mm Macro lens, and a grey microfiber cloth for my background. Something an average person can have without spending a lot of money on a copy stand. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was taken with the setup above. It was edited in Photoshop but the picture itself is just cropped and placed onto a black background.[ATTACH=full]831675[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzOATpa8Ab8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzOATpa8Ab8" rel="nofollow">Coin Photography Video</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps a little.... it really is amazing what a little tilt can do for your pictures. If the color isn&#039;t popping as much as you&#039;d like, make sure your lighting angles are good. In the Numismatic Photography book it talks about how different light angles show differently in pictures. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did get a tip from from robec or wingedliberty, they said to use bubble wrap to be able to get your coin in different angles to really get all of the color to pop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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