Alegandron Roman Republic Denarii - fairly new additions...

Hello! I finally got my Photo Copy Stand, and my wife helped me set up my Nikon D40... (she won't even let me NEAR her Nikon D200 with a super-duper Macro Lens that was the cost of our house...) However, here are my very first attempts at showing a couple of Roman denarii I purchased a couple months ago... Yup, I know I have some improvements in photography, but I banged these out pretty quickly... I ned to study Doug's site on coin photography...

 

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Humongous improvement on the pics, and gorgeous coins!

 

looks like sunlight. Outside?

 

100 percent improvement. I might suggest making the images larger using a jpeg optimizer (http://www.jpeg-optimizer.com), like thus:

 

OOPS!!! FORGOT ATTRIBUTES!!!

1st denarius:
Roman Res Publica AR denarius,
Moneyers: Lucius Saufeius
Mint: Rome ca. 152 BCE
Max Dia: 18.1mm, 3.74g
Obv: Roma r., wearing winged helmet, X value behind
Rev: Victory in galloping biga r, holding whip in r hand, L SAVF below horses (VF ligatured), ROMA in ex
Crawford 239/1; Sydenham 525; BMCRR (Italy) 540; Sear 116
VF

2nd denarius:
Roman Res Publica AR denarius,
Moneyers: Caius Servilius, Marci Filius
Mint: Rome ca. 136 BCE
Max Dia: 19mm, 3.89g
Obv: Roma r., wearing winged helmet, wreath, above X value [ROMA] below (missing...)
Rev: Dioscuri riding r and l in opp directions, heads turned back towards ea other, ea holding spear pointing downwards; SERVEILI M F in ex
Crawford 239/1; Sydenham 525; BMCRR (Italy) 540; Sear 116
VF

 

The file came out huge, so I only used the thumbnail file loading. If you click it, the denarius FILLS your screen. I will down load your suggested tool and play around with it! THANK YOU!

 

Remove background for better contrast/pop.

 

nope...mellow overhead light and camera auto that my wife set up. Yes, small window in my office, but overcast today...95F and pert-near 100% humidity in NC!

 

C'mon guys, call 'em FAKES! Dare-ya!

 

Martin will be by shortly.

 

Uh...oh...

 

How do I remove the background? I DO like that black contrast...really shows off the silver and facie

 

I use Photoshop because it's free at work. There is another online editor that forum members use, but i can't recall the name. While I was at it; thought I'd add the latter.

 

Are you sure there is no encouragement or blackmail you can use to get your wife more involved, at least as a temporary measure?

 

Free online photo editor: http://pixlr.com/editor/

Pixlr's interface is very similar to Photoshop Elements (the pared-down version of Photoshop)

I've heard others mention another free editor, Gimp, but I don't know anything about it.

As for step-by-step instructions, I may have typed how I do it somewhere on CoinTalk. Others have too. There is more than one way to do it. First you'll need become familiar with the basics of using one of these editors. There are probably numerous background removal tutorials on the internet.

 

Nope...I have to learn on my own...she will help, but I have to do this if I want to get things right. When it comes to the ARTS, I be decrepit... so... she can help, but this one is my hobby...

 

WOW, thank you...good stuff. I was looking for the "download", but see it is an online program...nice.

 

LOL, so you see that I am that bad at photos...

 

Alegandron your photography skills have improved dramatically, the copy stand was the best thing I ever bought. Your wife might be able to give you some advice on lighting etc. Then you get her very, very drunk and put her to bed. Then you "borrow" her super duper macro lens

 

LOL, neither of us drink anymore! She actually left a portable lighting box in my office for me to try, and she has some lens ring lighting and dual flash lights that coordinate with the camera flash. With camera mounted, and the boom extended, her Macro lens would extend down to the stand base, so...that won't work... She did a lot of eclectic macro pics / subjects, and did macros on flowers. I have ABSOLUTELY no patience to do that!!! Virtually HOURS of looking at nuances... she sees things that I would NEVER notice! Love the Avatar coin you have...impressive strike!