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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2712198, member: 112&quot;]And that was exactly the point I was making by posting those pictures and asking the question I did. I took both of those pictures only about a minute apart, and the only thing I changed was to tilt the lights a tiny bit. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the same thing as what happens when you are holding a coin in your hand and tilting it under the light. When you tilt the coin slightly you can see different colors depending upon how the angle changes. And sometimes those changes in color can be quite drastic, just like those 2 sets of pictures I posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>And professional photographers, that&#039;s what they do. They don&#039;t need to juice the pictures - and juice, as most people use the term anyway, means to manipulate the colors with software - to get the pictures to come out the way they do. They don&#039;t need to adjust camera settings to over-saturate color or alter the color in any way. The only thing they have to do is adjust the lighting to a certain angle to get the results they get. Just like I did in those 2 sets of pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d phrase a little differently. Yes, he absolutely uses the most flattering pictures he can capture with the camera. But I don&#039;t believe he manipulates those pictures with software in any way, I don&#039;t believe he manipulates the camera settings in any way to make the pics come out like they do. </p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I absolutely believe that the coin will look exactly like it does in his pictures - IF you hold it, in hand, at exactly the right angle under the same kind of lights that he uses.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with you 100% on that part. </p><p><br /></p><p>But then, as I stated before, I believe everybody uses, or posts, the most flattering pictures of coins that they are capable of taking. Are some people capable of taking &quot;better&quot; pictures than others ? Absolutely ! But that is a matter of skill, and sometimes even luck. But it is not a matter of intentional deception.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that is not to say that some do use deception. Yes, some people intentionally &quot;juice&quot; their pictures after the fact, some people intentionally adjust camera settings to over-saturate color and make the colors look more vibrant or brighter than they ever could in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>But not everybody does that. And I do not believe that professional coin photographers do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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