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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2367388, member: 19463&quot;]I made the tiny photo here for my first photo page back when many people had dial-up modems and appreciated small images.&nbsp; It shows the same coin lit by the same light propped on the same stand but one was wiggled just a bit differently than the other so the glares from the silver moved to different places.&nbsp; Which image looks more like the coin?&nbsp; They both look like the coin when it was wiggled that way.&nbsp; Most of us hold a coin in hand and see both of these images just because we fidget a bit.&nbsp; A more accurate coin photo might be a moving picture or, at least an animate GIF.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tilt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>IMHO everyone who collects coins needs to learn coin photography NOT because the want the photos but because the skills of reading photos will arm them to participate well in the game of online/catalog buying.&nbsp; When we go to a show or show and actually see/handle a coin we can &#039;read&#039; detail and surfaces with some accuracy but reading photos is a different skill.&nbsp; I still maintain that dealers are better off selling from photos that make the coins just a bit less attractive than most people will see the coin to be &#039;in hand&#039;.&nbsp; That way they have fewer people unhappy with what they receive and be more likely buy more coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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