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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4144289, member: 19463"]Black is usually defined as the absence of light. Without light, there is no image. If you just add more light to black, the object stops looking black. That tends to look unnatural. However the surface sheen of something black can reflect glare revealing detail and texture. When photographing black coins we need to be sure that glare is placed to show the coin in the best light - or lack of it. Sometimes the best answer is a ringlight which places even light/glare from all sides. In every case we need to move the light or the coin so that the glare is placed in a pleasing place. In hand, we wiggle a coin under the light to see the contours. In a still photo, all we can do is pick one set of glares that we find most pleasing. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are my favorite black coins. You are not seeing the coins as much as you are seeing the glare on their surfaces. This is the case with all coin photos (actually, most photos of any subject) to some extent since most require a merge of the color present and the glare. This can be as much of a problem since no glare can make the coin look like it was not metal. Bright shining silver is like black in that you are recording mostly whatever is reflected off of the mirror rather than the mirror itself. </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla AR dracham, Caesarea</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071319[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Magnentius AE2 Lugdunum mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4144289, member: 19463"]Black is usually defined as the absence of light. Without light, there is no image. If you just add more light to black, the object stops looking black. That tends to look unnatural. However the surface sheen of something black can reflect glare revealing detail and texture. When photographing black coins we need to be sure that glare is placed to show the coin in the best light - or lack of it. Sometimes the best answer is a ringlight which places even light/glare from all sides. In every case we need to move the light or the coin so that the glare is placed in a pleasing place. In hand, we wiggle a coin under the light to see the contours. In a still photo, all we can do is pick one set of glares that we find most pleasing. These are my favorite black coins. You are not seeing the coins as much as you are seeing the glare on their surfaces. This is the case with all coin photos (actually, most photos of any subject) to some extent since most require a merge of the color present and the glare. This can be as much of a problem since no glare can make the coin look like it was not metal. Bright shining silver is like black in that you are recording mostly whatever is reflected off of the mirror rather than the mirror itself. Caracalla AR dracham, Caesarea [ATTACH=full]1071319[/ATTACH] Magnentius AE2 Lugdunum mint [ATTACH=full]1071320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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