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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4895323, member: 44357"]Photography is definitely an art rather than a science. Here's my favorite example of a coin that is far better in-hand than in the seller's pictures (which I bought off of eBay from what must have been a scan while the coin was slabbed):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1181288[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Photography can also be handled a bit deceptively to hide faults. Photoshopping to remove scratches/marks is obviously fraud but it's possible to choose a slightly more flattering angle at times.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this Nero aureus, I chose to shoot it with more light shining on the portrait. This makes what is a noticeable mark on the neckline far less visible. It's still present in the picture but because light isn't shining on it directly, it isn't as noticeable as it could be at a different angle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4895323, member: 44357"]Photography is definitely an art rather than a science. Here's my favorite example of a coin that is far better in-hand than in the seller's pictures (which I bought off of eBay from what must have been a scan while the coin was slabbed): [ATTACH=full]1181287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1181288[/ATTACH] Photography can also be handled a bit deceptively to hide faults. Photoshopping to remove scratches/marks is obviously fraud but it's possible to choose a slightly more flattering angle at times. For this Nero aureus, I chose to shoot it with more light shining on the portrait. This makes what is a noticeable mark on the neckline far less visible. It's still present in the picture but because light isn't shining on it directly, it isn't as noticeable as it could be at a different angle: [ATTACH=full]1181292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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