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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2772402, member: 77413&quot;]My setup is too crude to move the lights without having the camera body get in the way. Plus the lights would fall off the desk.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this one there are again five positions. They define a 90 degree arc from -45 to +45 from horizontal. The two&nbsp; lights are spaced 120 degrees apart. That should be sufficient to ensure that each part of the coin will be illuminated in one of the five images. (I was going to draw a diagram...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I&#039;m beginning to appreciate that the techniques to show luster may not be the same as showing toning. For luster both halves of the coin can be lit at once, so if the range of motion plus the angle between the lights is at least 180 degrees then the entire coin gets illuminated.</p><p><br /></p><p>For toning a specific angle may be needed to light it, so more images will be needed to get the full effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like the small perspective shift shown below since it feels like moving the coin to see luster. To appreciate toning a more stable image is probably preferable.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example uses a somewhat lustrous silver coin to explore how that looks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]639655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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