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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2497344, member: 36818&quot;]I have often been tempted by this seller&#039;s coins, but have always hesitated because of the photography. But now that I have a better idea of what one of RA&#039;s blown-out coins actually looks like, I am more likely to pull the trigger!</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever his photo setup — some combination of the lighting and/or digital image adjustment — it blows out the details on the highlights, which occur at the high points of the coins, and which gives them a soft and mushy look.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I mean by &quot;blown out&quot; is that, for a given pixel in the blown-out area, the color information registers at 0%; thus no information about the object has been preserved in those areas of the image. All details on the high points have been obliterated, not emphasized as Cucumbor thinks, making these coins less attractive to potential buyers, not more. In fact, RA&#039;s images are the opposite of detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is simply unskilled photography. No matter how many hundreds or thousands of images that are made using the same lighting technique and/or software settings, it&#039;s just repeating the same error that many times; where no learning occurs, experience does not equate to knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>RA is not the only dealer that does this, and I don&#039;t understand the motive. A misconception, as with Cucumbor, as to what constitutes emphasis of detail? Laziness? It costs a bit of time but virtually nothing materially to experiment until the resulting images appear more &quot;life-like&quot; and therefore salable.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of the certificate, I agree with Doug. Extraneous for an experienced collector but no real harm besides having an extra piece of paper to file away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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