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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2360719, member: 31773"]Mark's book is excellent, and every coin photographer should buy a copy. It will give you a starting point for most all styles of coin photography. From there, it's practice, experiment, practice, until you get the results you want.</p><p><br /></p><p>tpsadler, your latest Cent shot shows highlights on the angled edges of the devices. This is a symptom of lighting being at too low an angle. A while back I created some graphics to explain what's going on, using the ribbon and C devices on a LSC, see below:</p><p><br /></p><p>Showing highlighting on device edges due to low incident light angle:</p><p><img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Picture3.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Showing highlighting on device surfaces due to higher incident light angle</p><p><img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Picture4.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2360719, member: 31773"]Mark's book is excellent, and every coin photographer should buy a copy. It will give you a starting point for most all styles of coin photography. From there, it's practice, experiment, practice, until you get the results you want. tpsadler, your latest Cent shot shows highlights on the angled edges of the devices. This is a symptom of lighting being at too low an angle. A while back I created some graphics to explain what's going on, using the ribbon and C devices on a LSC, see below: Showing highlighting on device edges due to low incident light angle: [IMG]http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Picture3.gif[/IMG] Showing highlighting on device surfaces due to higher incident light angle [IMG]http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Picture4.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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