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<p>[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 114731, member: 3813"]The 2nd one is probably about as good as you'll get with whatever you're using. To tighen it up more, you'd have to invest in some better equipment. The first one is just big, but it's not sharp, similar to the other one you posted. Unless you have a real need to get something better than <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/dsc00026.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/dsc00026.png" rel="nofollow">this</a>, then it's fine IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing to think about... lighting tends to look the most natural when coming from the top (more like the first picture in the above post) as opposed to coming in from the side. You'd reflect it to give it side lighting, same as you'd do a person in the studio (expose for the face, top/back light should be a couple stops over).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly I sold all of my expensive equipment (and 99.9% of the cheap stuff) many, many years ago and don't have camera, lenses, or lighting to post something. I'll be trying to do it on the cheap as well, as I have no urge to get back into that business, and thus won't be buying any of that again. If you're in Brooklyn though you could rent some things out for a day or two and play without having to shell out loads of cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 114731, member: 3813"]The 2nd one is probably about as good as you'll get with whatever you're using. To tighen it up more, you'd have to invest in some better equipment. The first one is just big, but it's not sharp, similar to the other one you posted. Unless you have a real need to get something better than [url="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/dsc00026.png"]this[/url], then it's fine IMHO. One more thing to think about... lighting tends to look the most natural when coming from the top (more like the first picture in the above post) as opposed to coming in from the side. You'd reflect it to give it side lighting, same as you'd do a person in the studio (expose for the face, top/back light should be a couple stops over). Sadly I sold all of my expensive equipment (and 99.9% of the cheap stuff) many, many years ago and don't have camera, lenses, or lighting to post something. I'll be trying to do it on the cheap as well, as I have no urge to get back into that business, and thus won't be buying any of that again. If you're in Brooklyn though you could rent some things out for a day or two and play without having to shell out loads of cash.[/QUOTE]
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