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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1231257, member: 26030&quot;]I recently bought this MS68 Mercury Dime and I am really surprised how different it looks depending on the lighting conditions and angles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The three images below are all of the same coin.<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>IMAGE #1</b></p><p>This first image was made with seller supplied photos as it appeared on the auction web site.&nbsp; I think this is the view as it was captured by NGC when they graded the coin as part of their certification look-up process.&nbsp; I imagine they used a pricey SLR camera.</p><p>[ATTACH]131203.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>IMAGE #2</b></p><p>This second image was made by me (iPhone) where I had angled some glare from bright indirect sunlight off the coin. This lighting condition appears to have maximized the color and color variation.&nbsp; It&#039;s interesting how the green took on a lot of blue overtones with this lighting.</p><p>[ATTACH]131204.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>IMAGE #3</b></p><p>This third image was also made by me (iPhone), but this time it was taken in an area where there was no glare at all, only diffuse indirect sunlight.&nbsp; This lighting condition appears to have done a better job capturing the reflectivity (shine) of the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH]131205.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s really interesting to me how difficult this coin was to capture (I took at least 150 shots) and how different it looks at various viewing angles.&nbsp; My iPhone had a hard time focusing for some reason (maybe because the coin was small? or perhaps because the coin sits behind the plastic slab by a good 1/8&quot; inch and my auto-focus was fixated on the plastic slab instead of the coin?)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Vote Now:&nbsp; </b></p><p>Which image do you like the best and why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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