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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2700801, member: 1892&quot;]Couple easy tips:</p><p><br /></p><p>Make the background monochromatic - black, white, grey. That gives your camera the best chance to get the color right, and distracts the viewer the least. The preponderance of blue in your current background is probably what&#039;s causing the yellow/greenish patches on your images.</p><p><br /></p><p>One coin at a time when you can, although for this thread it&#039;s understandable why you&#039;d include both. Your best shots come when you&#039;re directly above the coin, lens plane and coin parallel, because angles tend to distort the appearance of the coin. This is especially important when you want to illustrate doubling or feature locations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Trigger the shutter remotely. Most modern cellphones will respond to verbal commands to shoot the pic, for selfie reasons, or will have a timer. You don&#039;t want to be touching the camera when the shutter snaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lighting is a tradeoff. The closer to vertical you can get above the coin, and the closer to a pinpoint light source, the better you capture the actual luster. The more diffused and generalized the lighting, the better you&#039;ll show all the coin&#039;s details. Experimentation is in order here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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