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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2924192, member: 1765"]Read about white balance in the manual. If you're shooting raw and post-processing using Camera Raw, then you can easily change the white balance then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful about using the same lighting angles for everything. The 80-S dollar on the right really shows where your lights are --- 10:00 and 1:30. The really hard luster on the coin is also giving you a little more contrast than you probably want. Adding some diffusion will help with the contrast and also get some needed light to the bottom of the reverse. I would also move the lights a little bit in the 6:00 direction for the Morgan reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2924192, member: 1765"]Read about white balance in the manual. If you're shooting raw and post-processing using Camera Raw, then you can easily change the white balance then. Be careful about using the same lighting angles for everything. The 80-S dollar on the right really shows where your lights are --- 10:00 and 1:30. The really hard luster on the coin is also giving you a little more contrast than you probably want. Adding some diffusion will help with the contrast and also get some needed light to the bottom of the reverse. I would also move the lights a little bit in the 6:00 direction for the Morgan reverse.[/QUOTE]
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