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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3601084, member: 71642"]Well, that was interesting. Looking at it through my camera lens it looked totally raised. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just took another look using a loupe and different light and the awful raised look in my photo is barely noticeable. And it's darker/mostly flat, just a bit of irregularity to the surface. It almost looks oily-ish like some leftover surface oil/treatment which may have reflected my lights very differently.</p><p><br /></p><p>What looks like a lot of surface debris around the jaw...is flat and darker. There is SOME increased texture, but not nearly like my shot. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had tried a modified light ring set up...with LEDs that required some color correction. I'm guessing that must have really done that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing in hand to the auction photo, the auction is way more accurate. Interesting and too bad I hadn't looked at it with the loupe first! And crazy how bad my shots made it. I'll be re-doing them for sure. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I had no doubt the auction pictures were honest...just different. And, confirmed better now that I looked closely without a camera lens. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was Stacks after all! I think the site was down earlier but I can link it now. Please no judging at how much I paid (my typo was pain...not too far off). I REALLY wanted this one. <a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-IW5DB/great-britain-battle-of-belleisle-bronze-medal-1759-george-ii-extremely-fine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-IW5DB/great-britain-battle-of-belleisle-bronze-medal-1759-george-ii-extremely-fine" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-IW5DB/great-britain-battle-of-belleisle-bronze-medal-1759-george-ii-extremely-fine</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3601084, member: 71642"]Well, that was interesting. Looking at it through my camera lens it looked totally raised. I just took another look using a loupe and different light and the awful raised look in my photo is barely noticeable. And it's darker/mostly flat, just a bit of irregularity to the surface. It almost looks oily-ish like some leftover surface oil/treatment which may have reflected my lights very differently. What looks like a lot of surface debris around the jaw...is flat and darker. There is SOME increased texture, but not nearly like my shot. I had tried a modified light ring set up...with LEDs that required some color correction. I'm guessing that must have really done that. Comparing in hand to the auction photo, the auction is way more accurate. Interesting and too bad I hadn't looked at it with the loupe first! And crazy how bad my shots made it. I'll be re-doing them for sure. In any case, I had no doubt the auction pictures were honest...just different. And, confirmed better now that I looked closely without a camera lens. It was Stacks after all! I think the site was down earlier but I can link it now. Please no judging at how much I paid (my typo was pain...not too far off). I REALLY wanted this one. [URL]https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-IW5DB/great-britain-battle-of-belleisle-bronze-medal-1759-george-ii-extremely-fine[/URL][/QUOTE]
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