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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2623132, member: 19463"]I would make the reverse just a bit darker to match the obverse. I am currently on a kick favorint lower contrast images of silver coins but that may be more a matter of preference than right/wrong. When I was taught portrait lighting on humans, I was told that it was preferable to have te brighter light on the short side of the face. That would suggest trying this coin with the lights reversed so the let side o the face was a bit lighter. I'm not saying the result would be better but only that I might try it and learn from what I see when comparing the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these were shot several years ago but I have not gotten around to reshooting them because I have so many worse ahead of them in line. Both have more contrast and glare than I might do today but silver coins can sparkle so I don't want to go too far.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]575852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]575853[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2623132, member: 19463"]I would make the reverse just a bit darker to match the obverse. I am currently on a kick favorint lower contrast images of silver coins but that may be more a matter of preference than right/wrong. When I was taught portrait lighting on humans, I was told that it was preferable to have te brighter light on the short side of the face. That would suggest trying this coin with the lights reversed so the let side o the face was a bit lighter. I'm not saying the result would be better but only that I might try it and learn from what I see when comparing the two. Both of these were shot several years ago but I have not gotten around to reshooting them because I have so many worse ahead of them in line. Both have more contrast and glare than I might do today but silver coins can sparkle so I don't want to go too far. [ATTACH=full]575852[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]575853[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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