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<p>[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 4905390, member: 112673"]Scanning a coin has to be the worst way to capture a coin image. I guess if you have no other way of doing it, it is a least an image, but that is all it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the coin photography "science vs art" question, in my opinion, coin photography is more science than art. I think there are more technical considerations when shooting a coin, that are not subject to artistic interpretation, then the other way around. Adjustments to levels and saturation should not be guided by personal preference, but to match the coin on front of you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, there are personal artistic influences when deciding how to present a coin, such as choice of background colors, shadows, textures, etc, but the coin image itself should never be subject to such considerations.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a basic coin shot. Science.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is dressing it up for presentation. Art.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 4905390, member: 112673"]Scanning a coin has to be the worst way to capture a coin image. I guess if you have no other way of doing it, it is a least an image, but that is all it is. Regarding the coin photography "science vs art" question, in my opinion, coin photography is more science than art. I think there are more technical considerations when shooting a coin, that are not subject to artistic interpretation, then the other way around. Adjustments to levels and saturation should not be guided by personal preference, but to match the coin on front of you. Of course, there are personal artistic influences when deciding how to present a coin, such as choice of background colors, shadows, textures, etc, but the coin image itself should never be subject to such considerations. This is a basic coin shot. Science. [ATTACH=full]1183404[/ATTACH] This is dressing it up for presentation. Art. [ATTACH=full]1183397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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