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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2130838, member: 19463&quot;]I shoot on black.&nbsp; White backgrounds lower contrast by adding flare which is not a good way to lower contrast.&nbsp; Exposure compensation means nothing if you shoot in manual mode and expose the way you want rather than the way some program calculates.&nbsp; This shot may be a bit darker than I would do if I did it again so I may tweak it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I get black backgrounds by placing the coin far above a background with shade on the black background.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first photo shows the rig that shot this but I only turned on the ring for this one.&nbsp; The second shows the support without the shadow making circle of foam that makes it hard to see in the other shot.&nbsp; Since that photo I replaced the four corner uprights with a larger handle which provided a place to set my wireless trigger when not in use.</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/159751161.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0setup8265.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Latin would be HENRICVS and there is a squiggle after the C the meaning of which I know not.&nbsp; There is also a trail on the 8.&nbsp; Who knows their Tudor lettering rules?&nbsp; I find it interesting that we always call him VIII but the coin calls him 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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