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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 608162, member: 9270&quot;]I agree.</p><p>Positioning the lighting has <u>always</u> been a problem for me.</p><p>This was taken with two tube-type OTT-LITEs positioned NE and NW of the coin at about 70-80 degrees elevation.</p><p>The original image was a lot &quot;flatter&quot;.</p><p>This version of the image was obtained by increasing the contrast and backing off on the brightness a bit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I haven&#039;t gotten around to white balance yet.</p><p>The coin is in a NGC holder so the background is the milky white color of the insert and modified by the lighting.</p><p>When I go for the finished image I&#039;ll do a circular crop and get rid of current background.</p><p>Then if I follow my normal pattern I&#039;ll paste the image onto a black background.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My new camera is a Nikon D90 with a AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens (&quot;Micro&quot; is Nikon&#039;s term for macro).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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