I was trying out the diffused lighting technique that was originally posted by Lehigh96. While playing around with my set up and I found something out. If you point the lighting source away (not directly at coin) it produces better (in my opinion) pictures of the coin. This allows you to take a picture directly over the coin without throwing a shadow on it. The blue tinge that you see on the clearer picture is due to a blue light in the background that I need to find a way to cover up Sorry about the second picture being blurry. I didn't realize it on the small screen on my camera. Lighting pointed directly at coin: End result: Lighting pointed away from coin: End result: If this has been posted about before, please tell me, I'll bury my head in the sand
yea, looks good. i never have direct light on my coins. but i usually take the pictures outside. what kinda bulbs are you using? i heard the GE reveal(sp?) bulbs or the slyvania daylight bulbs are great for simulating natural sunlight. i keep forgetting to pick a few up, when i do i am going make a mini coin photo set up.
Just a quick suggestion on lighting. I have been getting great results with the ott-lite bulbs/lamps. They are used mostly for sewing and growing plants indoors but are known for producing close to perfect natural sunlight. They are not cheap compared to other opinions, but in my opinion, it is worth the extra $$$
I also use OTT-LITE's. In my case two of them. I've found that lighting is my BIGGEST problem. And that each coining metal requires a different arrangement.
kanga, Yeah, the OTT Lites are great. You are very right, every different metal requires a very different arragement. I mostly photograph copper coins so I dont have to worry about major toning most of the time. I had a lot of trouble when I first started getting accurate color and toning on silver pieces. Since then, I have a very different set-up for silver versus copper and have got much better results.
