Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2524731, member: 10461&quot;]<b>OK, it&#039;s time to make this thread coin-related!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is not my very <i>first</i> photo with the new camera (that was an accidental shot of the stage plate, and all black), nor my second (that was a blurry whitish disc).</p><p><br /></p><p>But the obverse and reverse of this coin are my <i>third</i> and <i>fourth</i> photos ever with the new camera. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was (and still am) fumbling through the software and all the bewildering symbols and icons, so I consider it encouraging that I was able to make the camera take a picture at all at this point!</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to pick a &quot;lucky&quot; coin for my first photos, and since I never had any decent pix of this one, I thought I&#039;d try it.&nbsp; What more lucky than a metal detecting find?</p><p><br /></p><p>This ca. 1300-1310 Long Cross silver penny of Edward I &quot;Longshanks&quot; was the first coin I found on my 2013 metal detecting trip to England.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures are just... OK.&nbsp; Considering my utter inexperience, I&#039;m pleased with how they turned out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The lighting could have been better, as could the focus.&nbsp; But this is an <i>adequate</i> set of images, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do like using the microscope stand&#039;s wheels to adjust the rough focus, with the wheels for the bellows adjusting the finer focus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If a complete newb like me can produce something like this on only the third and fourth tries, I think this might just work out nicely in the long run!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the merged obverse-reverse images, in my standard 800x400 layout I use for raw coins.&nbsp; Then the larger 800x800 individual sides.&nbsp; The raw index images were of course much larger.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cropped and resized these images using MS Paint, which is the photo editing software I&#039;m most familiar with at this point.&nbsp; But that is the only editing done here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The rest is just as it came off the camera.&nbsp; No tweaking of color, white balance, etc.&nbsp; (I still have no clue how to do all that yet.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Edward1penny-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Edward1penny-obv.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Edward1penny-rev.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in