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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1453541, member: 2972&quot;]Expose for the frosted areas, and be sure the reflection off the shiny areas is black.&nbsp; You will likely need to introduce indirect lighting to the coin (lampshade method).</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coin has as deep of mirrors as I suspect it does, you should get something like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/46300650/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I used two pieces of paper, stapled together on their long side to make a tube 11&quot; tall.&nbsp; Place the coin in the bottom of the tube, your camera at the top, and several lights (I can&#039;t recall if I used 3 or 4) to light the tube up from the outside.&nbsp; The rest of the room was dark, and it required playing around a bit to get it right.&nbsp; The result is above, which I thought came out pretty cool, and what I was describing in my post above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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