My pictures are too orange
WACoinGuy
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I'm trying to take photographs of my coins following the setups described in other threads, but my pictures are coming out too orange (example). I'm using some 40W GE Reveal bulbs, and I've tried arranging them in various different positions, but to no avail. Does anyone have any tips on getting a less orange color in their coin photos?
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With my camera, you put a white piece of paper or something in the viewfinder (which looks -- suprise -- orange) and then press a button. The camera adjusts to make the white really look white. The colors then come out correctly.
If you don't have a manual white balance, then you probably will have to adjust the colors after the fact in Photoshop or something. Maybe if you photographed a pure white scrap of something along with your coins you could use that as a guide in Photoshop when doing your own white balancing after the fact.
The white-balance is a good call.
Another thing I've had good luck with is throwing a soft-white incandescent into the mix. I don't know why, but often especially with colored coins, that seems to help.
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