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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7799977, member: 24754"]I know nothing about photography, and the extent of my photography equipment is a cell phone and a desk lamp. However, I've started playing around with taking some pictures lately for the purpose of documentation and selling of culls.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned something interesting when I took pictures of the same Claudius As under the same light, but switched the backgrounds from a black shirt, to a grey shirt, to a white shirt. The thing that I learned was, "Holy crap, I guess there really is some skill and knowhow to this whole photography thing!" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn't believe the difference that it made in the appearance of the coin. But, this does explain a few things, primarily that the auction houses have this whole coin photography thing figured out pretty well. I've come to expect it now, but for a long time when my coins would finally show up in the mail, I'd be thinking, "Well, I guess this is the same coin that they showed in the pictures, but in-hand, it's not really living up to my expectations." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7799977, member: 24754"]I know nothing about photography, and the extent of my photography equipment is a cell phone and a desk lamp. However, I've started playing around with taking some pictures lately for the purpose of documentation and selling of culls. I learned something interesting when I took pictures of the same Claudius As under the same light, but switched the backgrounds from a black shirt, to a grey shirt, to a white shirt. The thing that I learned was, "Holy crap, I guess there really is some skill and knowhow to this whole photography thing!" :jawdrop: [ATTACH=full]1339332[/ATTACH] I couldn't believe the difference that it made in the appearance of the coin. But, this does explain a few things, primarily that the auction houses have this whole coin photography thing figured out pretty well. I've come to expect it now, but for a long time when my coins would finally show up in the mail, I'd be thinking, "Well, I guess this is the same coin that they showed in the pictures, but in-hand, it's not really living up to my expectations." :rage:[/QUOTE]
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