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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 4194778, member: 82549&quot;]Actually, I think it depends on the individual coin. Most of my silver coins look better in low-angle bright light, which shows off the details well. But this approach can often exaggerate surface roughness or corrosion, especially with bronzes, in which case I have to play around with reflected light or a second overhead ring light.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been photographing ancient coins for around 15 years now--initially I just placed them on a scanner; can you believe it?--and I still haven&#039;t found any one method that works for all coins. Often I&#039;ll photograph a coin 3 or 4 different ways and still be dissatisfied; I&#039;ll process all of them and then just settle for whichever one annoys me the least or looks closest to in-hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for background color, I have recently discovered that the brightness and luminosity of my coin photos seem to come out best when the background is about the same brightness intensity as the coin--very pale blue for silver coins, dark purple (just happens to be purple; could be dark blue or brown or whatever) for very dark bronzes, with different shades for the many variations in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a journey, and I&#039;m still traveling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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