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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6056037, member: 83845"]Thanks [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] . I have always thought your photos have been great and I actually like both of the photos you show but I can definitely see that your newer one is a nice improvement. Good shots!</p><p><br /></p><p>I struggle with partially silvered coins too. I typically like to photograph coins in natural sunlight but I’ve found it’s better (for me) to use lamps for partially silvered coins. It’s easier for me to control the angles of the light and the coin and the camera and the coin. I experiment until I find the right combo of those two angles to prevent that partial burnout look you can get on some silvered coin photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually keep my shutter speed pretty short usually (1/400 +-) because I find vibration can cause a loss of sharpness in the details on objects as small as coins at longer shutter speeds (at least with my set up).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6056037, member: 83845"]Thanks [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] . I have always thought your photos have been great and I actually like both of the photos you show but I can definitely see that your newer one is a nice improvement. Good shots! I struggle with partially silvered coins too. I typically like to photograph coins in natural sunlight but I’ve found it’s better (for me) to use lamps for partially silvered coins. It’s easier for me to control the angles of the light and the coin and the camera and the coin. I experiment until I find the right combo of those two angles to prevent that partial burnout look you can get on some silvered coin photos. I actually keep my shutter speed pretty short usually (1/400 +-) because I find vibration can cause a loss of sharpness in the details on objects as small as coins at longer shutter speeds (at least with my set up).[/QUOTE]
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