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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2203417, member: 19463&quot;]May I offer a couple photo concepts: </p><p>Light falls off in intensity by the square of the inverse of the distance.&nbsp; That means if one edge of the coin is one inch farther from the light it will be dimmer than the near edge by that ratio.&nbsp; If the light is placed a few inches away, this difference can be a real problem.&nbsp; If the light is several feet away, it is less so.&nbsp; If the light is 93,000 miles away we call it natural daylight.&nbsp; Consider this when shooting.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Light from a low angle grazing across the surface of the coin emphasizes texture and leaves shadows behind raised parts of the design.&nbsp; Light from a high angle tends to reflect back into the lens as glare.&nbsp; Light from a large, diffuse source tends to soften the contrast between too light and too dark areas of the image.&nbsp; These facts conflict and need to be balanced with each other avoiding extremes in any direction. Chances are good that you will over correct when you see photos ruined by any of these opposing forces.&nbsp; Sometimes tilting a coin one degree will make a big change in what we see and photograph.&nbsp; That is why photos of coins held in hand are so popular.&nbsp; We tilt&nbsp; to get the best look easily in hand but most of us just plop coins down and shoot them as they lay on our backgrounds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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