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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 8127178, member: 44210&quot;]After a few years I finally took some time to try my hand at taking my own photos of my tetradrachm of Ptolemy II, one of the most beautiful coins in my humble collection. Prior to this I had been using the seller&#039;s photos (which is not bad itself). Unfortunately, my current photography set-up causes colors (such as toning) to look stronger/deeper than they actually are in hand (especially with silver), which sometimes leads me to try to tweak the photos through the Photos application on my computer to get the coin looking closer to how it does in-hand (anyone else here do this with some of their own photos?). Can’t help but feel like I am cheating a little when I do this, but since I am only working on the colors and trying to have them appear more accurate, I don’t feel too bad (in the new photos I&#039;d put the coin now at around 95% accurate to how it looks in-hand).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Ptolemy II</u>, Ptolemaic Kingdom</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram in left field, shield in front of eagle</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Alexandria</p><p><b>Date</b>: 285-246 BC</p><p><b>Ref</b>: Svoronos 574</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415500[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post anything Ptolemaic, and/or any notable coin photography stories or advice![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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