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<p>[QUOTE="IMP Shogun, post: 4893388, member: 114683"]Many of my coins don't lay flat (pic. 1). So you raise or lower your camera I presume. I'm taking pics from the same height, I feel like that causes some blurriness if I'm focused on the portrait height. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/augustus-27-bc-14-ad-as-p-lvrivs-agrippa-iii-vir-aaaff-around-sc-ric-428.15335/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1601165114" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for your help my picture taking (engineering and photo editing..) skills have improved quite a bit just reading this forum. It takes the right tools and experience using them to really take good pictures. I took a nice pic and realized I had some of the wool carpet on the glass (neck and chin) which ended up being in focus rather than the portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/probus-has-a-real-beard.15338/full?d=1601240727" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It is difficult for me to get the coin and the legend to my liking because of that different height deal. So a combo of same plane, different heights and likely some movement at capture are my lingering issues with images. A lot of that is equipment, rather than user error, so everyone is going to see all my coins again each time I get better at photos!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for sharing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IMP Shogun, post: 4893388, member: 114683"]Many of my coins don't lay flat (pic. 1). So you raise or lower your camera I presume. I'm taking pics from the same height, I feel like that causes some blurriness if I'm focused on the portrait height. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/augustus-27-bc-14-ad-as-p-lvrivs-agrippa-iii-vir-aaaff-around-sc-ric-428.15335/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1601165114[/IMG] Thank you all for your help my picture taking (engineering and photo editing..) skills have improved quite a bit just reading this forum. It takes the right tools and experience using them to really take good pictures. I took a nice pic and realized I had some of the wool carpet on the glass (neck and chin) which ended up being in focus rather than the portrait: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/probus-has-a-real-beard.15338/full?d=1601240727[/IMG] It is difficult for me to get the coin and the legend to my liking because of that different height deal. So a combo of same plane, different heights and likely some movement at capture are my lingering issues with images. A lot of that is equipment, rather than user error, so everyone is going to see all my coins again each time I get better at photos! Thanks again for sharing![/QUOTE]
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