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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2121274, member: 15309&quot;]Expert is a relative term.&nbsp; On this forum, I am an expert on toning.&nbsp; That said, I have no idea what color the toning is on that Morgan.&nbsp; I appreciate that you are working on your photography skills, but you don&#039;t get to call people out for not participating until you have resolved your photography issues.&nbsp; Honestly, any opinion I could give based on those photos would be a pure guess, and they would be meaningless to anyone reading the thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want you to think that I am slamming your photos, nobody starts off as a professional photographer.&nbsp; As proof, here is what I was capable of in 2007:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/Morgan1886ANACSMS65Sale1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The same coin 7 years later:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/MD1886ANACSMS65OH_zps1b47390e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After joining different coin forums, my coin collecting hobby basically split into two different hobbies.&nbsp; The first was collecting coins, the second was photographing them.&nbsp; The photo from 2007 has several problems.&nbsp; There is not enough light on the coin, it is out of focus in spots, and the white balance is off.&nbsp; Your photos have the exact same problems.&nbsp; I use a Canon Powershot SD 880 IS with a cheap copy stand and two gooseneck lamps with CFL bulbs.&nbsp; The copystand and the use of the timer allows me to take a focused photograph.&nbsp; The camera must have the ability to use macro mode and be able to set your white balance via a preset setting or manually.&nbsp; I use the preset for CFL bulbs in my photographs.&nbsp; Lastly, you must position the camera far enough away from the surface of the coin in order to ensure the light gets to the coin.&nbsp; My camera is about 8-12 inches away depending upon the size of the coin and I use a poker chip under the bottom of the slab to tilt the coin into the light sources which are placed at 10 &amp; 2 o&#039;clock.&nbsp; Hope this helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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