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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2193634, member: 19463&quot;]It is fine to clean up a black background using software but it is easier to start with an even black(ish) background rather than trying to remove junk.&nbsp; I do this with a rolled tube of black foam but black paper or anything tubular will work as long as it shadows the black base.&nbsp; The coin rests on a tall dowel rod or a CD ROM spindle.&nbsp; Currently I&#039;m using a steel rod with an interchangeable dowel top to support various diameter coins.&nbsp; This photo show the tube used with lights I was using in 2011.&nbsp; Every time I take a photo of my set up, I change something so I gave up trying to keep up.&nbsp; In my case, at least half of my changes make some pictures worse and get changed again shortly. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bgsetbl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I need to destroy all my photo pages and decide what I really prefer but I can&#039;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; Part of me wants to buy more lights to play with but experience suggests my photos would not get better, only different. </p><p><br /></p><p>Decent cameras make large photos.&nbsp; Learning efficient resizing is critical.&nbsp; When you downsize an image, it will be necessary to apply sharpening (&quot;unsharp mask&quot;) with whatever program you use.&nbsp; I use Photoshop Elements 13 at the moment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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