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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greekandromancoins, post: 2950352, member: 87990&quot;]Dear All,</p><p><br /></p><p>HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only recently bought a few examples of&nbsp; affordable gold and electrum coinage. All reasonably affordable examples. I have found photographing these coins more challenging than bronze or toned silver because varying the direction of the lighting source has a more profound effect on the final photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have posted three photos of the same Byzantine coin I took yesterday. The coin was struck under Basil II and Constantine VIII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your thoughts on which photo you is the most appealing to you as well as voting in the poll. I have stuck with Photo 1 as I believe it most closely resembles the coin in hand but I see that some vendors exclusively use photos like in Photo 3, which is the kind of lighting that is used for modern proof coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo 1: less direct lighting. The coin appears most like in hand and not standing right under a light.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]720552[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Photo 2: more direct lighting. In between Photo 1 and 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]720553[/ATTACH] </p><p>Photo 3: effectively axial lighting. The angle is such that the light reflects straight up into the lens of the camera. Many modern proof coins are photographed in this way. Brings out the details in the legends and devices the most clearly. But results in a coin which does not represent what it looks like in hand. Looks almost computer generated!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]720555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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