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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 471408, member: 15445"]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Hello Lehigh,</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">If I have to pick one of the two, then I prefer the traditional photo #2 for proof coins. I think photo #2 has the potential to show the detail needed for a technical grade. For this traditional proof coin photo I'd like to recommend using completely diffused light.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">You probably need more than one photograph to more completely describe a toned proof. Lehigh (you) once suggested to me that "toning appears better if you take the photo at a very slight angle, not straight on". I'm now getting some decent photos of toned proof surfaces using this Lehigh suggestion along with a couple point sources of light. Therefore, I'm going to recommend two photos are needed to completely describe a toned proof; one traditional style & one Lehigh style.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 471408, member: 15445"][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Hello Lehigh,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]If I have to pick one of the two, then I prefer the traditional photo #2 for proof coins. I think photo #2 has the potential to show the detail needed for a technical grade. For this traditional proof coin photo I'd like to recommend using completely diffused light.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You probably need more than one photograph to more completely describe a toned proof. Lehigh (you) once suggested to me that "toning appears better if you take the photo at a very slight angle, not straight on". I'm now getting some decent photos of toned proof surfaces using this Lehigh suggestion along with a couple point sources of light. Therefore, I'm going to recommend two photos are needed to completely describe a toned proof; one traditional style & one Lehigh style.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Very best regards,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]collect89[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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