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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2124465, member: 15929&quot;]The photo&#039;s remind me of the photographic technique used by a seller on eBay that still sells Proof Sets/coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a picture used in a listing where I purchased a 1959 Proof Set as a relative newbie.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What the coins looked like with a regular photograph was this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403361[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a Cameo in the bunch and needless to say, I took a real bath.</p><p><br /></p><p>The key to the photography technique is to simply make the coin </p><p>look good BUT the camera cannot make cameo appear where none exists such as the dark area&#039;s on the Profiles and the middles of the letter strokes. When those areas appear grey or dull while the outline of the device appears bright white, you can bet that very direct, but diffused lighting was used and what appears to be a strong cameo is simply not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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