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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Denis Richard, post: 4665553, member: 112673&quot;]From a photographic perspective, this 2015 Perth Mint coin runs the gamut of surface finishes, from full colour print to mirror. I’ve heard many complaints about shooting proof coins and this coin is a challenge to photograph. The field and legend have a satin finish while the relief has a course frost on the mountains, and a fine frost on the foreground and rim. The foreground soldier, in full colour print, follows other soldiers, in mirror finish, as they battle to scale the cliffs above Anzac Cove. Zoom in on it to see the finish differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone else photographed this coin? I&#039;d like to compare images. I couldn&#039;t find any other photographs of it online.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shot above is one exposure, shot at f14, 1/200 sec at ISO 100. Rotated axial lighting provides the control to preciously direct and feather the light across the satin field. I feel the direction of the light source plays a big part in the success of this image. A single light, positioned at about 11 o’clock*, with a diffuser placed halfway between the light and the coin**, provides natural looking overhead light for an outdoor scene. All of the shadows are downward and consistent.&nbsp; I feel this coin would look quite different with several light sources creating shadows and highlights in conflicting directions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the Perth Mint promotional 3D model rendered version of the same coin. Not particularly impressive. A quick internet search shows almost everyone selling this coin set online are using these Perth renderings in their posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150614[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On a related note, while writing this today I discovered my image of this coin, and all my images from the 2014 and 2015 collections of this series I took, were used on the Numista website for these coins. They were screen shot from the site I shot the coins for, and the drop shadows removed.&nbsp; The bigger issue is Numista incorrectly copyright attributed them to the Perth Mint, when they were just were used without permission.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150617[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick check of the Perth Mint site and you see these are not their images, and they are prompting the product with the rendering I show above. A further check and you can easily find where these images actually came from. I updated this item&#039;s copyright info on Numista this morning- waiting for approval of the changes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*Note: I don’t change the location of my lights. The light is always at a 90 deg angle to my camera and I rotate the coin and the glass plate so the light falls where I want it to. Some coins, light a right facing bust, will be almost upside down in the view finder when I’m shooting to get the catch light in the eyes where I want it. I cut it out and rotate it in post for the finished image.</p><p><br /></p><p>**The location of the diffuser, closer or father to the coin, makes a big difference in the contrast of the light on the coin. Your diffuser should be positional, not just placed directly in front of the lights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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