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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1309126, member: 30400&quot;]Yeah, there are lots of threads on photography. It&#039;d be easy enough to look them up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started shooting about five years ago. Began with a compact camera with a nice lens (Panasonic Lumix), a tiny desktop tripod, and one gooseneck lamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted better so I made upgrades, first with an everyday D-SLR and a barely suitable 50mm macro lens. It was too heavy for the desktop tripod. So I fooled with a full-sized one and gerry-rigged stands and lighting. Awkward, but better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later came a copy stand, remote shutter release, lots of experimenting with all the different lighting, a 100mm lens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally I bought Mark Goodman&#039;s excellent book, Numismatic Photography, studied it, and then picked up a used 180mm macro which I use now almost exclusively.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve said this before, as have others: you don&#039;t need a professional set-up for nice quality photos. A lot of CT members have demonstrated that. What you need is lots of patience, plenty of experiments, and good post-processing software.</p><p><br /></p><p>I shoot all images &quot;raw&quot; which captures detail that would otherwise be lost, and then bring them forward. Detail hidden in shadows, or overwhelmed by glare for example, can be recovered. All photos require adjustments to make them as true to life as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll put up some more IHC photos later, as long as no one feels I&#039;m overdoing things.</p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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