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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 7444594, member: 92212&quot;]Congratulations on the find! That&#039;s awesome. My best find was a Buffalo nickel. (Unless I can count hundreds of bottle caps and pieces of tin foil as good finds. LOL!)&nbsp; Nice coin, too!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d hit the &quot;Like&quot; button 10 times if I could. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMO the reasonable goal of coin photography is to produce an image that looks as close as possible to what the coin actually looks like in patina, color, detail, surfaces, and yes even its blemishes.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can edit a coin&#039;s photo to make the coin&#039;s detail, surface quality, and patina appear <i>better</i> than the coin actually is by adjusting contrast, brightness, clarity, sharpness, hue, etc., etc. -- and/or by using &quot;red eye&quot; or &quot;spot fix&quot; type of editing features to remove or soften blemishes. All of which can lead to the coin&#039;s image representing the coin as being nicer than it really is. IMO this is misleading -- particularly if it is a coin being listed for sale.&nbsp; :-o</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, one can produce an image of a coin that doesn&#039;t do the coin justice. (IOW: Create an image that shows the coin as being <i>worse</i> than it really is.)&nbsp; This can be done inadvertently or otherwise in a number of ways, including but certainly not limited to: out-of-focus, poor lighting, wrong lighting, too distant (hence a tiny image), or by poor use of photo editing controls.</p><p><br /></p><p>But getting the color to match (as close as possible) is one of my tip-top priorities when I&#039;m photographing coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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