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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 4609310, member: 15309&quot;]I think what you are missing is that coin collectors don’t view coins under ambient light with visual obstacles, they view them under a direct light source and they use both the naked eye and often a loupe as well.&nbsp; Your photos aren’t going to show them something they can’t see, they see it all.&nbsp; The “in hand” representation is about depicting accurately what a coin will look like under direct lighting.&nbsp; If you flood the coin with to much light in the photo or adjust the brightness too high in the post processing of the image, you run the risk of altering the image away from its “in hand” appearance.&nbsp; If you alter the color saturation in order to make toning look more vibrant, you run the risk of altering the image away from its “in hand” appearance.&nbsp; If you pump up the contrast to improve the look of the surfaces by hiding small marks and blemishes, you run the risk of altering the image away from its “in hand” appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t take what I just wrote as a condemnation or criticism.&nbsp; Your photographic skills are phenomenal and my guess is that your images rarely need any thing more than very minor adjustments in the post processing phase, but that isn’t true of all numismatic photographers.&nbsp; If you want an example of someone who presents their coin images in the best possible light that often doesn’t match the “in hand” appearance of the coin, we need look no further than PCGS TruViews. They are pretty, but they don’t accurately represent the actual appearance of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The difference that you are having trouble with is that you aren’t buying or selling coins like the rest of us, you are selling coin photography.&nbsp; If you client is a magazine, the in hand appearance is meaningless, it just needs to be as visually impressive and appealing as possible.&nbsp; But imagine your client was a coin dealer who contracted you to photograph his online inventory (eg CRO with Mark Goodman).&nbsp; In that case, matching your photographs with the “in hand” appearance would be paramount.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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