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<p>[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 24851002, member: 112673"]Shooting mirrored coins: The image below was shot with a single light, positioned at 12 o'clock, a foot away from the coin and about 10 inches above the table. I used a single piece of 1/8" white acrylic, 12" x 12" square, and I tilted and moved the top edge of it around between the light and the coin until I found the level the shadow, and the highlight I wanted. You can see the gradation from the edge of the plastic in the text and the kangaroo shadow below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592580[/ATTACH] </p><p>same coin, side view- single light to the left- diffuser moved close to the light for high contrast.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592587[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I'll shoot two images of a mirrored coin- one all black and the other all white, and do a manual gradation of the two images, like below. This was shot with dynamic axial lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592586[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 24851002, member: 112673"]Shooting mirrored coins: The image below was shot with a single light, positioned at 12 o'clock, a foot away from the coin and about 10 inches above the table. I used a single piece of 1/8" white acrylic, 12" x 12" square, and I tilted and moved the top edge of it around between the light and the coin until I found the level the shadow, and the highlight I wanted. You can see the gradation from the edge of the plastic in the text and the kangaroo shadow below. [ATTACH=full]1592580[/ATTACH] same coin, side view- single light to the left- diffuser moved close to the light for high contrast. [ATTACH=full]1592587[/ATTACH] Sometimes I'll shoot two images of a mirrored coin- one all black and the other all white, and do a manual gradation of the two images, like below. This was shot with dynamic axial lighting. [ATTACH=full]1592586[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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