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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2985464, member: 17261"]You have to alter the light, flexibility with your lights is key IMO. The guys at the pro level in this forum can help you....there are several.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's difficult for me, especially with slabbed and airtite coins, I know what you're talking about. To get around it with my simple setup I take angled shots to supplement the perpendicular shots. See how different this coin looks from overhead to angled! Since I can't seem to capture the toning well overhead, I cheat with the extra angled pics - it's fair game in my attempt to show what you can see in hand. <b>NO post processing other than to resize. </b>Notice how the angled light and camera affect my white balance. (That's why I love using a white background. It lets the trained eye understand what's going on better.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]735324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2985464, member: 17261"]You have to alter the light, flexibility with your lights is key IMO. The guys at the pro level in this forum can help you....there are several. It's difficult for me, especially with slabbed and airtite coins, I know what you're talking about. To get around it with my simple setup I take angled shots to supplement the perpendicular shots. See how different this coin looks from overhead to angled! Since I can't seem to capture the toning well overhead, I cheat with the extra angled pics - it's fair game in my attempt to show what you can see in hand. [B]NO post processing other than to resize. [/B]Notice how the angled light and camera affect my white balance. (That's why I love using a white background. It lets the trained eye understand what's going on better.) [ATTACH=full]735324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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