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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2361100, member: 31773"]You can get what's called an "18% Gray Card" that you can use as a background for coin shots. Use the card for setting the White Balance, then shoot the coin on the card to verify WB after shooting and postprocessing. </p><p><br /></p><p>The settings are not too far off from the ideal. You still have a few blown R highlights, and some crushed blacks, but it's pretty well-balanced. I would still like to see you bring the lights up to a higher angle. </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like the image is not quite as red as you see in-hand. You can easily enhance the color using Saturation adjustment. Here's the image again, with overall levels adjusted, saturation increased, and a bit of added sharpness. Does this look more like the coin in-hand? </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/image-7_C_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2361100, member: 31773"]You can get what's called an "18% Gray Card" that you can use as a background for coin shots. Use the card for setting the White Balance, then shoot the coin on the card to verify WB after shooting and postprocessing. The settings are not too far off from the ideal. You still have a few blown R highlights, and some crushed blacks, but it's pretty well-balanced. I would still like to see you bring the lights up to a higher angle. It sounds like the image is not quite as red as you see in-hand. You can easily enhance the color using Saturation adjustment. Here's the image again, with overall levels adjusted, saturation increased, and a bit of added sharpness. Does this look more like the coin in-hand? [IMG]http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/image-7_C_1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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