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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1635933, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Great pictures - please show more as they are available.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hello John Anthony,</p><p><br /></p><p>You obviously have a good talent for taking photos.&nbsp; If you can make the photos look like the coin in-hand then you are doing well.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if I have any additional information that will really help you.&nbsp; Here are a couple thoughts:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A.)</p><p>I do like the lighter background color when the coin is dark.&nbsp; The advice of others has been spot-on IMO.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>B.)</p><p>Using sunlight and the proper setting on your camera is one way to get photos that look like the coin in-hand.&nbsp; I believe this because I have done some sunlight experimentation myself.&nbsp; I promptly got away from shooting/experimenting with sunlight because I wanted to be able to take good photos regardless of the time of day &amp; weather conditions.&nbsp; I guess that my advice is that you stop experimenting with sunlight &amp; do your experimentation with lighting that you can control.</p><p><br /></p><p>C.)</p><p>I like your labels and the font you have selected.&nbsp; I would suggest that you evaluate different fonts &amp; formats very carefully <u>now</u>.&nbsp; You want to start with your best work regarding the labels because if you change it later, all your previous photos will be stuck with the original format and won&#039;t match your newer photos.&nbsp; Of course, you might be saving the photo with transparent background &amp; the text may be a separate layer.&nbsp; Once it is a jpg, you obviously lose the ability to quickly change these things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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