Slab Photo versus TV

lilolme

Do you photo types see anything off with the slab photo (looks okay to me but I am not a photographer)?
The color difference between the two is quite a bit for a 'white' silver dollar.
Just seems like I see more lately. I read the cent people saying those are generally to 'red' colored.
Note: I do not have anything to do with this one (not mine...).

FlyingAl

The white balance in the slab shot looks a little off, it may account for the difference but I don’t think it accounts for all of it.

lkeigwin

It is unfortunate that enlarged images and slab photo images are often very different. Particularly with regard to color and toning.

Different macro lenses are used and color balance changes. Lighting is also a factor.

They should be alike, IMO. I consider it a photography failure if the two are inconsistent.
Lance.

ricko

We have often seen here, demonstrations of what minor lighting differences can make on coin pictures. This is likely such a scenario. Cheers, RickO

TurtleCat

Just keep in mind a lot of people make composites for their slab photos. One shot for slab and one for coin. Thus they can be under different lighting conditions.

LanceNewmanOCC

also it is bad when we have coins at this level with 20 stickers and at least one major ding. (i didn't look further but the one at k6 obverse is quite disappointing to see in this situation)

fwiw, if i had to guess, i'd say the TV is closer to reality because the slab shot looks like a stock photo style of imaging (ya, i doubt this is a multi-coin listing situation) and stock photos even when professionally done have a artificial manufactured look to my eyes. nice for marketing, bad for reality. imo

always good to do these comps as the better everyone gets (buyers and sellers) to what a coin really looks like, the more satisfied/return customers there will be, less returns, more confidence, etc.

gumby1234

Tru views often look a lot different than the actual coin in hand.

lilolme

I get the difference in photos but the OP looked more like a before and after conservation / dip.

Here is another one. I don't have a question about it. Yes, the tint of the silver is different but would call both 'white'. Also the slab photo has a scan type look but it is consistent with the other and the colors of slab itself look okay. The reverse toning also is close and that can really vary in photos.

conrad99

I've never seen a TV image that wasn't wildly better looking than the actual coin. Does that actually happen? I like looking at them but I definitely take them with a grain of salt.

messydesk

The 79-CC TV looks too yellow and the 83-CC looks too pink. The pictures of the slabs probably show the color of the coin better given the color of the labels looks correct.

Maywood

Keep in mind that a TrueView image has no plastic interfering with the light. In those images, the light comes from the source and reflects directly to the camera lens. With a slab photo the light comes from the source, gets distorted by the plastic, reflects off the coin surface, gets distorted by the plastic and arrives at the camera lens. I tend to trust and rely upon a TrueView image and have always felt that they represented my coins quite well.

OGDan

Different lighting (color, type, angle/ etc) can easily cause a coin to look different, so it's entirely ok to have a different look to pictures of the same coin. People here acting like there's only one possibility for what a picture of a coin should look like.