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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2200801, member: 29751&quot;][USER=73321]@GSDykes[/USER] , <i>Thanks</i>(?) for your extremely negative replies and opinions. </p><p><br /></p><p>With regard to the 4 photos <b><u>you</u></b> posted --</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#1</b> and <b>#2</b> are shot with &quot;diffused light&quot; and don&#039;t show any luster or life.&nbsp; Not to mention #2 is massively out of focus.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#3</b> is an okay image, but out of focus in the right field/side.&nbsp; That particular method of photography where the surfaces are just drowned in light can also hide a lot of surface problems.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#4</b> is underlit, improperly white balanced (clearly red-shifted), and could benefit from being rotated to proper orientation.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regard to your comments &quot;<i>I also would prefer that the coins #4, #5, #7, and #8, in the OP were photographed with cleaner coins</i>&quot;...well, that comment is hilariously indicative of your lack of knowledge of coins of this era and age -- 300 to 400 year old silver coins do not come blast white.&nbsp; These coins have some of the most original and pleasing surfaces you will find on any coins from that era.&nbsp; None of the coins exhibit &quot;debris&quot; -- what I think you&#039;re seeing as such are imperfections in the planchets which were common for these coins from the 1700s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion.&nbsp; I strongly disagree that anything you ([USER=73321]@GSDykes[/USER] ) have posted is even in the same realm of quality or beauty as the coins I posted that belong to Zohar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck on your continued journey to reach &quot;coin photography nirvana&quot; -- but you are not there yet.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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