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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2171856, member: 19463&quot;]Standing left with statue of victory</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419479[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>advancing right on ship, owl at feet</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419481[/ATTACH] </p><p>Advancing right no owl , no ship and fourree so details don&#039;t count</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419482[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is fine to shoot color correctly but you can fine-adjust tints in postprocessing so you really should have the coin in hand and compare what yo see to what you have on the screen.&nbsp; Unfortunately the tint you see &#039;in hand&#039; will depend on the light you use since an old fashion incandescent bulb, fluorescents (of several color variations), LED&#039;s (also come in several tints), daylight and light bouncing around your pink/blue/orange/purple painted bedroom all will change the definition of white.&nbsp; You can make changes to be accurate as soon as you ecide what is accurate by your definition.&nbsp; Desaturation makes thing seem gray and that may be the correct (lack of) color for many coins.&nbsp; Many is not all.&nbsp; To make it worse, the screens on each of our several computers, tablets or whatever will not all be exactly the same unless we have adjusted them with very specialized monitor balancing software.&nbsp; Most of us say, &quot;Close counts&quot; and don&#039;t bother.&nbsp; My Domitians shown here were processed on my of computer with is just a bit cooler (more blue) than my new laptop so they don&#039;t look exactly right to me but I might not be &#039;correcting&#039; if I changed them as much as just making them different.&nbsp; Will any number of you see these tints exactly as I do on your equipment?&nbsp; Now I understand why so many dealers are using black and white photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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