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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 4651277, member: 31773&quot;]I&#039;m in full agreement with Brandon [USER=29751]@brg5658[/USER]. The images being shown by [USER=112673]@Denis Richard[/USER] are impressive, but they are artistic renderings, not photography. There are many techniques available to the photographer to render images in an artistic fashion. But what is generally prized in coin photography is the &quot;in-hand look&quot;, ie how the coin looks in-hand with commonly available lighting. This is what Brandon has shown in his images. I was hoping &quot;Advanced Coin Photography&quot; would refer to ways to improve our photographs to achieve that &quot;in-hand look&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed I also go down the path of &quot;artistic rendering&quot; with my 3D photography (see some examples here: <a href="http://www.macrocoins.com/oddities-in-3d.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.macrocoins.com/oddities-in-3d.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.macrocoins.com/oddities-in-3d.html</a>), and partially down that path with my high resolution photography for variety imaging (see some examples here: <a href="https://easyzoom.com/manage/images" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://easyzoom.com/manage/images" rel="nofollow">https://easyzoom.com/manage/images</a>) so I really have nothing to complain about, but my renderings are for particular purposes of variety identification, not just to be pretty. That&#039;s not saying &quot;just being pretty&quot; isn&#039;t a good thing, as indeed I have enjoyed the coin art in this thread, just that it needs to be put in its proper perspective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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