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Photographing on black velvet

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Looks pretty good. Easier than cropping!

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    CivilWarBuffCivilWarBuff Posts: 112 ✭✭✭

    Kind of explains why the old ngc holder is so desireable.

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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great suggestion.
    WS

    Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,933 ✭✭✭✭✭

    used that idea a few times, its a good thing :)

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    rmpsrpmsrmpsrpms Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 3, 2026 4:45PM

    I have made what I call "transfer disks" for folks for 10+ years now. They have astrophotography-quality black velvet on one side, and true grey for white balancing on the other. I call it a "disappearing" background since if you clean it properly, and set your exposure correctly, the background literally disappears as it does for TheGasMan's post above. The background is especially useful for ancients and other non-round coins since cropping is difficult for those.

    PM me for coin photography equipment, or visit my website:

    http://macrocoins.com
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    GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice shots! I wonder how vantablack would look?

    imageimage

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