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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2165228, member: 57495&quot;]Yup, it&#039;s another rephotographed coins thread.&nbsp; I&#039;ve actually been wanting to re-shoot the first group of coins I ever bought for some time now and finally got around to doing so last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of them I had never taken pictures of before, and for others these are the first &#039;good&#039; pictures I&#039;ve taken of them.&nbsp; Frankly, I suspect I haven&#039;t done them any favours by photographing them accurately, LOL.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]417285[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I use a 2008 model 12-megapixel Fujifilm point-and-click, shooting my coins by the window in natural daylight (preferably in non-direct sunlight or with some cloud cover).&nbsp; I have no tripod or stand for the camera, but really do think I should get one.</p><p><br /></p><p>With an old photo editing program (circa 2004 copy of Paintshop Pro), I then crop and fill a uniform background and sometimes do very small changes to brightness or saturation to achieve as close an in-hand look as I can.&nbsp; I&#039;m not terribly fussy and am usually satisfied with the results, though rough surfaces turning out even rougher than they appear in hand is a constant struggle.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure what the fix is for that.&nbsp; Oh, actually, I do know the fix - don&#039;t buy coins with awful surfaces. Now, if only I&#039;ll listen to myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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