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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8115668, member: 110226&quot;]I like the layouts and backgrounds.&nbsp; The contrast, I think is excellent as is the resolution.&nbsp; Do you use Photoshop?</p><p><br /></p><p>My main problem is getting the right focal distance for a given coin.&nbsp; Coins that are super high grade, without surface issues are easy to photograph, but coins with rough surfaces are more problematic. Focus too close, and the surface looks pitted and cratered, which distracts and is really not the way the coin looks in hand. This is especially true for dark AE coins, as well as dark, encrusted silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use, mostly, a black velvet-like material for background.&nbsp; If there is any lint in the image&#039;s background, I use the spot healing brush in Photoshop for cleanup.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the process for me is a muddle.&nbsp; Sometimes the results are okay, other times (or most of the time) I could do better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a photo of a dark, crude Byzantine AE trachy that I took yesterday.&nbsp; The photo taken in natural, diffuse skylight light (December is not a good month for this) was awful, so I resorted to flash.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412462[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A beautiful, mostly problem-free coin is not as much of a challenge:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1412466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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