I think I may have figured out how to take coin pictures!

I've always (in perspective, I have only been trying since last year!) been foiled by coin pictures. I just could not get them to come out right! They would either be blurred, too small to see any details, or just didn't capture the actual look at the coin.
This is particularly embarrasing as I am a semi-professional photographer...I've had my work published in international magazines even...you give me a person, a car, flowers, nature, whatever, I can get a good picture of it. (Not to brag...check out my website for my work) But coins have always foiled me.
Until now.
Let's see what you think!
This is the kind of stuff I was getting with my coin pictures before:








Getting better...

But now...I think I've got it...More practice is yet needed, and most of my coins have not been photographed, but now I feel that I can actually accomplish it!



(Same Morgan!)



Still working on the angling...but...what do you think? The trick is to shoot the coin while it is in a holder...NOT loose...I prefer the year set holders made by Whitman...

 

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It looks like you've got dead straight on down. The 52 Washington and Franklin are great. So is the 1901O Morgan. Your shots of dirty circulated silver makes me smile, it's like looking at parts of my own collection. Keep at it, you've gotten some excellent results!

PS: would a non-reflective background cut down on some of the glare?

 

My only comment is that you need to work on the glare. Other than that, nice looking photos. Of course, I'm still working on good coin photos myself, so who am I to criticize?

 

Looks great, I'm so happy you've figured it out!

 

I'm catching on, too

Yep! I'm getting better, too.

Sometimes it's best to have just one coin in the photo at a time, I've found out. And maybe get a little closer. And get some color balance thing going.

ps nice change