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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3792420, member: 82549"]After reading some of the coin photo tips from different groups members, I decided to try an experiment. Normally I shoot my photos outdoors on sunny days, using an old piece of black construction paper as a background. I use my camera's macro setting, which automatically sets the aperture and shutter speed. This usually causes the background to appear pearly gray behind bronze coins. Yesterday I spray-painted the base with satin black paint. I then photographed a coin of Gallienus in about average condition twice, once against the new, blackish background and use with the construction paper behind it. The lighting was similar for both photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial reaction was that the darker background caused my camera to increase the aperture size too much, making the coin appear too light and washed out. I suppose I could compensate for this using a manual setting, but I'm not an experienced photographer, so I don't think it would be worth the time investment for average-grade coins to set everything from scratch for each individual coin, especially when I am trying to photograph 10 or 15 coins in an afternoon. I know I'm not going to get perfect photographs, but if a small change can yield a noticeable improvement I'm all for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>So my question for the group is, do you have a preference for one photo over the other?</p><p>Here's the black background:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013239[/ATTACH]</p><p>and he's my usual background:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013240[/ATTACH] </p><p>Let me know what you think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3792420, member: 82549"]After reading some of the coin photo tips from different groups members, I decided to try an experiment. Normally I shoot my photos outdoors on sunny days, using an old piece of black construction paper as a background. I use my camera's macro setting, which automatically sets the aperture and shutter speed. This usually causes the background to appear pearly gray behind bronze coins. Yesterday I spray-painted the base with satin black paint. I then photographed a coin of Gallienus in about average condition twice, once against the new, blackish background and use with the construction paper behind it. The lighting was similar for both photos. My initial reaction was that the darker background caused my camera to increase the aperture size too much, making the coin appear too light and washed out. I suppose I could compensate for this using a manual setting, but I'm not an experienced photographer, so I don't think it would be worth the time investment for average-grade coins to set everything from scratch for each individual coin, especially when I am trying to photograph 10 or 15 coins in an afternoon. I know I'm not going to get perfect photographs, but if a small change can yield a noticeable improvement I'm all for it. So my question for the group is, do you have a preference for one photo over the other? Here's the black background: [ATTACH=full]1013239[/ATTACH] and he's my usual background: [ATTACH=full]1013240[/ATTACH] Let me know what you think.[/QUOTE]
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