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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1302351, member: 30400&quot;]I don&#039;t think anyone would argue that the mac is a much better platform for artistic endeavors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use Apple&#039;s Aperture 2. It is impressive and will help with the final results. It does not have circle crop, so when I need to do that (usually for a client) I use Acorn to resize and crop.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for equipment, start cheap. Upgrade as you get better, assuming you&#039;re interested and at least a little talented. A $300 set-up usually suffices for our purposes here. But it is a far cry from a DSL-R, macro lenses (at least 100mm, I use 180mm mostly) and copy stand.</p><p><br /></p><p>By way of example, here&#039;s a coin sent to me for images from forum member I_Love_Silver. I love the look of this sorry thing. (CLICK FOR BIGGER IMAGES.)</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb stuff/209fc164.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb stuff/a5f7fcde.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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