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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 471861, member: 11521"]Your pics are pretty good - MUCH, MUCH better than most we see here. </p><p> </p><p>As with most things, there is always room for improvement and your lighting could be improved. I see some sort of stray light (or something) at 12:00 and 6:00. Try removing all sources of light except for one or two lights used to illuminate the coin. In other words, shoot in a dark room (with the curtains drawn and the lights out) with only a lamp or two to illuminate the coin. This is important because different types of light show up differently in your photos. If you are illuminating your coin with an incandescent light and there is a fluorescent lamp on in the room it will be harder to get true colors to show in your photo. If you learn how to set the White Balance on your camera and you control your lighting you can get photos that are very accurate as far as color. </p><p> </p><p>If you don't have it already you should get Mark Goodson's book <i>Numismatic Photography</i>. It has many good tips on all aspects of coin photography.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 471861, member: 11521"]Your pics are pretty good - MUCH, MUCH better than most we see here. As with most things, there is always room for improvement and your lighting could be improved. I see some sort of stray light (or something) at 12:00 and 6:00. Try removing all sources of light except for one or two lights used to illuminate the coin. In other words, shoot in a dark room (with the curtains drawn and the lights out) with only a lamp or two to illuminate the coin. This is important because different types of light show up differently in your photos. If you are illuminating your coin with an incandescent light and there is a fluorescent lamp on in the room it will be harder to get true colors to show in your photo. If you learn how to set the White Balance on your camera and you control your lighting you can get photos that are very accurate as far as color. If you don't have it already you should get Mark Goodson's book [I]Numismatic Photography[/I]. It has many good tips on all aspects of coin photography.[/QUOTE]
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