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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4521447, member: 19463&quot;]Those who care about anything I have to say on the subject have had many opportunities to read my opinions here before so there is no reason to repeat them here.&nbsp; They know how much I dislike white backgrounds and the flare they add to a photo.&nbsp; If you are having trouble with lighting the edges of the coin, you can add a reflector to throw a little light on them.&nbsp; I find the white one is too strong for many uses and looks less natural so I made the gray one (on a 3D printer at the local library) which less harshly separates the coin and the background.&nbsp;&nbsp; When necessary, I drop in the white insert but gray is usually enough. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120128[/ATTACH] </p><p>Someday, I intend to get around to recording my current set up but it is still changing from time to time.&nbsp; I remain of the opinion that there is no &#039;best&#039; lighting rig for all coins.&nbsp; FF02&#039;s Gadhaiya Paisa looked decent in his light box but I did not care for any of the others.&nbsp; I tried axial a few years ago but did not feel comfortable with the working space provided by my 100mm macro lens.&nbsp; Perhaps it would be different if I had bought the 180mm but still only find axial best for some coins and prefer some directionality for most.&nbsp; Part of the fun I have as an amateur photographer is making new mistakes in search of a better answer for each coin.&nbsp; I almost never get my best image on the first try but, when you are just doing it for yourself, that means nothing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You have some fine shots of the modern coins.&nbsp; I remain unconvinced regarding the ancients.&nbsp; I have so few modern coins that I know next to nothing about their imaging.&nbsp; A decade ago I made this image of a $5 gold piece that drove me up a wall.&nbsp; Each image has something I liked and something I did not.&nbsp; That is usually the case with my photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks for dropping in the ancients board.&nbsp; I hope you will show more ancients in the future. </p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o4/88/582688/1/114684283.MJsL8dpl.05rlind09comb3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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