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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cremebrule, post: 1664906, member: 35227&quot;]Thanks all for the tips! Green and MS70: Don&#039;t worry -- I always run the photos through PhotoScape before saving them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I only showed the raw ones here to show exactly what my camera is imaging.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the multiple tips. Your pictures are truly stunning; unfortunately I&#039;m not able to come anywhere near that level because of $ and ability! I&#039;ll try bringing down the lights a bit; right now they&#039;re at around 1 1/2 ft above the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sharpness is due to the camera. I don&#039;t exactly have the funds for an expensive camera; I use a point and shoot 10MP Panasonic Lumix. Hence, the camera has no aperture settings, unless I&#039;m reading the manual wrong! I&#039;ve tried using a stand and timer to increase the stability; the focus didn&#039;t seem to increase much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Composition shouldn&#039;t be an issue; I&#039;ll just turn the coin a bit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with you. My camera always seems to screw up one way or another with WB, regardless of which setting I use (indoor, natural, manual, etc.). I always run my photos through PhotoScape, which seems to do a very nice job of fixing the WB. The pictures posted prior were raw.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gbroke, you are a magician! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Always making less-than-superb photos look amazing. The photos I posted weren&#039;t edited yet; I usually bump up the contrast a bit, sharpen it, and darken the photos as well sometimes for super-lustrous coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try moving the lamps away a bit and polishing the slab. Not sure if my camera has metering/centered settings; I use a point and shoot Panasonic Lumix (10MP).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for all the help! I&#039;ll be posting a few more pictures tomorrow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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