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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 2120780, member: 11786&quot;]I have specialized in macro photography for some years, but only recently have I dialed-in my technique for coin photographs. I collect US and world die varieties, so I shoot to maximize diagnostic details. That way, I can study the photographs and keep the coins safely locked away. I&#039;m using a 36mpx Nikon D810 with a first-gen AF 60mm micro lens, tethered using ControlMyNikon software.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll shoot whole coins when the grade/details merit using my technique. This shot is comparable to a 32X microscope, but with much greater field of view. There is no sharpening done in the camera or with software in the pic below--the lens is that sharp. Lighting was a single diffused source.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/16344565668_5cbb96703a_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This obverse was shot to maximize details over luster, so that the RPD and MPDs could be seen clearly.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8714/16933913966_b1b72db0a4_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The date area, showing the diagnostics of the variety. Sometimes I convert images to grayscale for shots when color only distracts from the variety&#039;s markers.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/16797919351_096e0840b9_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Details of a quadrupled die on the 1890 Snow-1 IHC, most visible on the tops of the legends. This also corresponds to a 32X microscope shot, but with a larger field of view with consistent sharpness.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8676/16594902996_199ce22bfd_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8657/16413493657_8906a26be0_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another IHC die variety--the 1887 Snow-1 DDO in legends; the arrows point to doubling in the feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8591/16714845401_90e4d908f3_k.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also enjoy shooting MS silver coins. This is coin from Peru is only 15.5mm across.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/16204058099_f35c2cc6f1_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also an overdate--1900/1890--here&#039;s the detail shot:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/16384205881_14615a2a47_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A Great Britain half-farthing from 1844, a copper coin smaller than the US cent. I chose this lighting angle to pick up the profile on Victoria.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8571/16459243336_1e51815b79_k.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another small copper coin from British India, shot to maximize details such as the large retained break:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/16732768809_40fd139972_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect world overdates. This is one from Belgium, a 2c 1919/1914</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/16358778085_74a5a6a182_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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