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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2366979, member: 56859"]Your images aren't in focus and the lighting is odd. Were you shooting on a white background? If so, white balancing or a neutral light is needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't say whether the seller's images are deceptive until I see better images from you, but as things stand I don't find the seller's images deceptive. Other than being desaturated, which is rather the opposite of "juicing", I don't see anything amiss with seller's images. It looks like the seller was just trying to provide images of the coin which provided the clearest view of the devices and legends (in this case oblique lighting), and he/she succeeded in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many coins which look like dogs in one light and beauty pageant winners in other lighting conditions. Sometimes I have to take dozens of pictures of each side of a coin before I'm satisfied (the goal being to have pleasing images). "Accurate" images-- <b>all</b> of them are accurate for what the coin looked like in those conditions with those camera settings, and all of those coins look great in-hand. I consider an image deceptive only if it has had improvements such as digital removal of defects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2366979, member: 56859"]Your images aren't in focus and the lighting is odd. Were you shooting on a white background? If so, white balancing or a neutral light is needed. I can't say whether the seller's images are deceptive until I see better images from you, but as things stand I don't find the seller's images deceptive. Other than being desaturated, which is rather the opposite of "juicing", I don't see anything amiss with seller's images. It looks like the seller was just trying to provide images of the coin which provided the clearest view of the devices and legends (in this case oblique lighting), and he/she succeeded in that. I have many coins which look like dogs in one light and beauty pageant winners in other lighting conditions. Sometimes I have to take dozens of pictures of each side of a coin before I'm satisfied (the goal being to have pleasing images). "Accurate" images-- [B]all[/B] of them are accurate for what the coin looked like in those conditions with those camera settings, and all of those coins look great in-hand. I consider an image deceptive only if it has had improvements such as digital removal of defects.[/QUOTE]
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