Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3794563, member: 80804"]I use the 6 1/2" x 8" black velvet "board" insert from a small jewelry tray. Usually this, plus elevating the subject above the background (I use a set of 1/4" drive wrench sockets, each with a gob of plasticine "clay" on the end. I'll choose a size (diameter) which the coin will easily block out and use the clay to secure the "tilt" angle of the coin in the available light. This is almost always all that's necessary to place the background completely out of the focal range which even eliminates a lot of dust. I keep a small paintbrush handy to dust things, just in case. The coin itself is as likely to pick up a bit of dust, flake of dead skin, etc, and the brush is handy to clear any loose material off the face of the coin, too.Typically, that does the trick and I don't have to edit out the background, etc. Occasionally, the black background will pick up a little light and not be dead black - in this case, I find that a small adjustment of the "contrast" to a slightly higher value will make the black background really black in almost all cases.[/QUOTE]