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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4952727, member: 44357"]This Domitian is my favorite photograph, partially because of how hard it was to capture. It's a subtle difference overall but here's my progression of attempts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each time, I thought I was happy with it but then revisited and reshot it a few days later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The challenge is balancing contrast, color, luster, and shadows. The coin is quite lustrous but if you shine light on the surfaces to show the luster, the color is washed out. Or, the coin ends up too contrasted like in this image:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190457[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse had too many highlights and the obverse is still too much in shadow so I tried adjusting angles slightly which is definitely better but still not ideal:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190455[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And then finally, I managed to get the portrait lighting <i>just </i>right, balancing lighting Domitian's face with the detail around the coin. It was a hard-fought battle (I spent several hours getting this right) but worth it in the end in my eyes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4952727, member: 44357"]This Domitian is my favorite photograph, partially because of how hard it was to capture. It's a subtle difference overall but here's my progression of attempts. Each time, I thought I was happy with it but then revisited and reshot it a few days later. The challenge is balancing contrast, color, luster, and shadows. The coin is quite lustrous but if you shine light on the surfaces to show the luster, the color is washed out. Or, the coin ends up too contrasted like in this image: [ATTACH=full]1190457[/ATTACH] The reverse had too many highlights and the obverse is still too much in shadow so I tried adjusting angles slightly which is definitely better but still not ideal: [ATTACH=full]1190455[/ATTACH] And then finally, I managed to get the portrait lighting [I]just [/I]right, balancing lighting Domitian's face with the detail around the coin. It was a hard-fought battle (I spent several hours getting this right) but worth it in the end in my eyes: [ATTACH=full]1190460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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