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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5127630, member: 110350"][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] was kind enough to stitch my two new Hadrian-Aegyptos photos together side-by-side, and add a black background. I think it looks great!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203100[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Just compare it to the way the coin looked when I bought it, with an artificial blue tone applied:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203107[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I assure you that it actually looked far worse and more artificial in hand than in this photo! I don't know who likes this look, but someone must, because this dealer's website is still full of coins with the identical blue tone, with varying levels of obtrusiveness. Never mind his artificial sand patinas. Or, something I've noticed more recently, his habit of taking Roman Provincial billon tetradrachms from Alexandria (many of them in admittedly very nice condition) and making them all look like they're bright silver in color, when we all know that's not how they look, except some of the earlier ones. I'm not sure how he does that, except perhaps by desaturating them so much that they look almost black-and-white.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone once posted a link to a website that stitches photos together for free. I forgot to save the link. Does anyone remember what it was?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5127630, member: 110350"][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] was kind enough to stitch my two new Hadrian-Aegyptos photos together side-by-side, and add a black background. I think it looks great! [ATTACH=full]1203100[/ATTACH] Just compare it to the way the coin looked when I bought it, with an artificial blue tone applied: [ATTACH=full]1203107[/ATTACH] I assure you that it actually looked far worse and more artificial in hand than in this photo! I don't know who likes this look, but someone must, because this dealer's website is still full of coins with the identical blue tone, with varying levels of obtrusiveness. Never mind his artificial sand patinas. Or, something I've noticed more recently, his habit of taking Roman Provincial billon tetradrachms from Alexandria (many of them in admittedly very nice condition) and making them all look like they're bright silver in color, when we all know that's not how they look, except some of the earlier ones. I'm not sure how he does that, except perhaps by desaturating them so much that they look almost black-and-white. Someone once posted a link to a website that stitches photos together for free. I forgot to save the link. Does anyone remember what it was? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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