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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2174544, member: 19463"]#2 strikes me as perfect. #1 is close but I'd prefer a bit more light from the right rather than the left. </p><p><br /></p><p>#3 If green is too vibrant try reducing the color saturation. I do not know Pixlr but some programs also allow you to adjust saturation for each color separately. If not, try just lowering the total saturation. If so, try lowering green and/or yellow to see if you get closer to truth as you see it on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4, 5 and especially 7 all seem to be redder at the top and bluer at the bottom. Mixed color like this makes me wonder if there is light on the coin other than from the lamps used or reflected from some surface. I once knew a photographer who had such troubles only when he wore his favorite purple shirt. I have no idea what makes the tint in your case. You might be able to help with a little less color saturation but don't go so far that you have monochrome photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some photos might be helped by raising the light so it did not graze harshly across the surface. You seem to take all photos with the light coming from about 10 o'clock. I might suggest reshooting the ones you don't like with the light moved to 1 o'clock. #5 in particular might benefit from a softer light bounced around more so you could give more exposure without increasing the glare on the back of the head. I believe a little more exposure would let you apply corrections without running out of detail in the 'toe' of the curve. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you just started working with the process and the program, I'd call the results something like miraculous. Practice makes perfect, they say, so make little changes and reshoot the bunch to see what each change did for the better or worse. Every time I make a change for some perceived fault, I seem to introduce some other problem which makes me wonder if I was better off before. Not every coin responds best to the same situations. Practice has not made me perfect but mostly more aware of what I'm doing wrong that I used to do better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2174544, member: 19463"]#2 strikes me as perfect. #1 is close but I'd prefer a bit more light from the right rather than the left. #3 If green is too vibrant try reducing the color saturation. I do not know Pixlr but some programs also allow you to adjust saturation for each color separately. If not, try just lowering the total saturation. If so, try lowering green and/or yellow to see if you get closer to truth as you see it on the coin. #4, 5 and especially 7 all seem to be redder at the top and bluer at the bottom. Mixed color like this makes me wonder if there is light on the coin other than from the lamps used or reflected from some surface. I once knew a photographer who had such troubles only when he wore his favorite purple shirt. I have no idea what makes the tint in your case. You might be able to help with a little less color saturation but don't go so far that you have monochrome photos. Some photos might be helped by raising the light so it did not graze harshly across the surface. You seem to take all photos with the light coming from about 10 o'clock. I might suggest reshooting the ones you don't like with the light moved to 1 o'clock. #5 in particular might benefit from a softer light bounced around more so you could give more exposure without increasing the glare on the back of the head. I believe a little more exposure would let you apply corrections without running out of detail in the 'toe' of the curve. If you just started working with the process and the program, I'd call the results something like miraculous. Practice makes perfect, they say, so make little changes and reshoot the bunch to see what each change did for the better or worse. Every time I make a change for some perceived fault, I seem to introduce some other problem which makes me wonder if I was better off before. Not every coin responds best to the same situations. Practice has not made me perfect but mostly more aware of what I'm doing wrong that I used to do better.[/QUOTE]
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