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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2323969, member: 69760&quot;]Reviving an old thread... I&#039;ve been trying to figure this out, and by far, my greatest photography challenge is finding the best angle for the light to refract off the coin&#039;s surface to make it look like it does in-person. A direct head on shot doesn&#039;t really work too well for me, as the image gets either too dark or too bright on half/most of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone mentioned that the photo should be taken from afar so that lighting doesn&#039;t get obstructed from the camera and you blocking the light. Then will creating a makeshift setup where my humble point &amp; shoot aims directly atop the coin, enclosing the coin within a cylindrical shaped tube with the lens on top and coin on bottom, and somehow shine direct light onto the coin? Not sure that I want to try that before asking, in case that won&#039;t work too well. I can test this MacGyver-style setup with a cardboard toilet paper tube, flashlight, and camera on a solid white/black color backdrop - has this worked for anyone?</p><p><br /></p><p>I did see another setup (diagram below) from the internet, from someone on this forum I believe, but a simpler setup is preferred if that&#039;s possible to achieve some of the amazing photos I&#039;ve seen on this thread and forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, I know that I can simply upgrade my camera... but I&#039;m not there yet, skill-wise. I&#039;m working on the setup first. I already have macro enabled, too, so I got that part down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470250[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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