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Message:: [QUOTE="BadThad, post: 957805, member: 17261"]Don't use a towel, white copy paper is perfect, it's what I use. You have a couple simple problems....you're so close to a great pic it's not funny! 1) Get your light source closer, use a desk lamp that you can freely move as needed. You don't want so much that's it's over-exposed or has too much glare. There's a trick between the angle/position/distance of the light source and the distance of the camera to the coin. This is exactly why I take all my pictures free-hand without tripods or copy stands.....none of that is needed unless you have Parkinson's. LOL My cams have image stabilization that works very well.....most decent cams have IS.2) Put your color balance back to neutral! Do not try to tweak it or it won't represent the coin properly.3) CALIBRATE your white balance. All decent digital cameras have a way to manually set the white balance. Get your lighting right, position the camera exactly how you would when taking the coin pic, and then calibrate the white balance against the white piece of paper. You're really doing a great job, you just need a couple little tweaks and some practice and your shots will be very good. Does your camera allow you to use optical zoom while in macro mode? That's one of my tricks. I typically use between 2.8x and 3.4x so I can keep the camera further away from the coin as to permit more light to get the coin surface.[/QUOTE]