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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1625509, member: 19463&quot;]Hard?&nbsp; You might say hardest.&nbsp; I fought the green shine so much that I posted a page on some of my early struggles:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/neroduppho.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/neroduppho.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/neroduppho.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly I have bought coins because of their patina and, conversely, I sometimes select against a coin that is of moderate interest just because I don&#039;t think I will be able to photograph it.&nbsp; If there is anything that gives me more trouble than green it is shiny black since you have to decide whether you want to see detail or see blackness.&nbsp; Below are two coins each lighted three ways.&nbsp; None of the images really look 100% the way I would like but each is accurate if compared to the coin is some light.&nbsp; When we hold a coin in hand, we wiggle it until it looks best.&nbsp; Sometimes we walk into another room or turn on another light.&nbsp; Capturing these same maneuvers in one single picture can be a challenge when we start with certain coins.</p><p>[ATTACH]231483.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]231484.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo night at a club is risky.&nbsp; Some one will bring a slabbed proof and wonder why I can&#039;t shoot it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96356068" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96356068" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96356068</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96381181" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96381181" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/96381181</a></p><p>For a reason I don&#039;t understand the CT software won&#039;t show the images in the intended size.&nbsp; Follow the above links to see them larger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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