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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3340770, member: 83175"]Like some others, I've been tinkering with taking photos of coins and am finally moving in the right direction - this is a denarius of Augustus - RIC 199 (Caius riding reverse) which I've had for nearly three years and I'm kinda stunned by how well it came out in this photo' last night <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884697[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is a bit more worn - maybe cabinet wear with this side up!</p><p><br /></p><p>The lighting has made the biggest difference - I got an Aputure Al-M9 LED light, which fits into the flash hotshoe. I'm using an Olympus OM-D E-M1 with 60mm macro lens. The only post processing was on my 'phone - a crop and a click of "Google Photos" Auto Adjust - and I removed the background in Gimp (poorly, it seems) and scaled it by 50% as it was too large for the post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me share!</p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3340770, member: 83175"]Like some others, I've been tinkering with taking photos of coins and am finally moving in the right direction - this is a denarius of Augustus - RIC 199 (Caius riding reverse) which I've had for nearly three years and I'm kinda stunned by how well it came out in this photo' last night :D [ATTACH=full]884697[/ATTACH] The reverse is a bit more worn - maybe cabinet wear with this side up! The lighting has made the biggest difference - I got an Aputure Al-M9 LED light, which fits into the flash hotshoe. I'm using an Olympus OM-D E-M1 with 60mm macro lens. The only post processing was on my 'phone - a crop and a click of "Google Photos" Auto Adjust - and I removed the background in Gimp (poorly, it seems) and scaled it by 50% as it was too large for the post. Thanks for letting me share! ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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