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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2456206, member: 24544&quot;]+2 on what Dave said.&nbsp; You have to get your light source above the bottom of your lens so that light directly from the bulb does not leak.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Isolating your rig will also help, I don&#039;t isolate mine but I shoot in a room with no windows and all the lights except those lighting the coin turned off.&nbsp; I still get stray light coming in, but I&#039;m not looking for perfection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will add, specific light angle is an art.&nbsp; I notice that the more directly perpendicular the light source the better detail and luster I get, but the worse the color is, especially on copper.&nbsp; The lower the light, to a degree, the better the color but the worse the luster.&nbsp; There is no one position that is always best, it takes a little experimentation to get right on each coin, and some post processing for color doesn&#039;t hurt.&nbsp; With that said, my general setup is to get the lights as high as possible and fix the color afterwards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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