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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CWS, post: 1839758, member: 38812&quot;]I&#039;ve been relying on the flash on my camera to get the detail of most of the coins I photograph.&nbsp; But the other day I was shown that it&#039;s not always necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture of the coin (lying flat on velvet, camera above, macro lens)</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Edited</span>: <span style="color: #ff0000">Rules prohibit self promotion URLs in body of text. such must be in signature: </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Read rules.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AneZ-SgzMoc/UsB53M7Ib0I/AAAAAAAAA1M/GJS4BQIP7us/s280/IMG_3444.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E_dlRClPHMU/UsB53L06SiI/AAAAAAAAA1I/5qzRfFHKipc/s280/IMG_3443.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I almost never ever try working out of program mode.&nbsp; But these were taken in Manual mode with a high F-stop and long exposure.&nbsp; Also 2 L-shaped foam board pieces were placed around the coin.&nbsp; Kind of a makeshift light-box if you will. The coin has some blue from on the edge it&#039;s because I was lazy and didn&#039;t fully close the shade by the window.</p><p><br /></p><p>F-Stops and depth of field are still pretty foreign to me.&nbsp; So it&#039;s always refreshing to get help from a more experienced photographer, and then take that advice and see the difference in my own photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>It worked really well for any silver proof, or clad proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>That same set-up didn&#039;t really work to bring out the details in Morgan / Peace and copper coins.&nbsp; So I may unfortunately use the flash for those ones until I can figure out the lighting problems.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G7sPwDdE9vk/Un_78hVkUqI/AAAAAAAAAzk/mUM3mY8XIlY/s300/B01+IMG_2220.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AESJsmhbsak/Un_8emx9pyI/AAAAAAAAA0I/L7rOXTX2sg4/s300/E04+IMG_2250.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Taken with Flash...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to poke in and say this little bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am still very much in awe of some of the pictures people post here, like that &quot;post your indians&quot; post.&nbsp; Jeebus some of those photos are ridiculous.&nbsp; I still can&#039;t photograph copper cents in that definition yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But please let me know what you think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yes and Happy New Year!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>~ CWS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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