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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2116874, member: 19463&quot;]This is the first of my Baltimore coins.&nbsp; I shot it with my current rig described here before and with just the new ringlight.&nbsp; I was asked at the show if I recommended setting up an axial lighting rig and said I prefer the ring which gives similar results with less hassle.&nbsp;&nbsp; I show a new coin to send to the friend at the show who asked so you get it, too.&nbsp; The top photo is with directional light and fill from the ring while the bottom is only with the ring.&nbsp; Axial and ring lights have a tendency of&nbsp; wrecking color balance due to glare being a different color than normally reflected light.&nbsp; Of course a feature of the ring is the variable power so you could go for an intermediate result (or twenty) between these two.&nbsp;&nbsp; The coin is an upgrade of the &#039;terra mariq&#039; I have had for years and explained on my page from 1997. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac38ner.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac38ner.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac38ner.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]400883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For anyone interested, this is the original discussion of my new light toy:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-toy-for-photographing-coins.259886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-toy-for-photographing-coins.259886/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-toy-for-photographing-coins.259886/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I should point out that the first images posted were updated and improved (?) later in the thread.&nbsp; That is just the way posting on the Internet works.&nbsp; As soon as you say/post something, you get an idea of how you wish you had done it.&nbsp; I need to wipe clean all my photo posts from the past since so much has been learned since those went up.&nbsp; I even have posts on how to use a scanner type that has not been sold for years.&nbsp; Will I ever stop posting here and go update all that old stuff?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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