My Britannias (supersized images)

Darkhorse · October 24, 2003 5:02AM

Yesterday in the mail I found a bunch of Britannias from a board member. For the coins it was my task to image them to the best of my abilities for this person's website and presumably eBay auctions as well.

I hope he's happy with them.

cosmicdebris · October 24, 2003 5:23AM

Excellent job.

theboz11 · October 24, 2003 5:36AM

OH! MY!!!!

laurentyvan · October 24, 2003 5:49AM

I love that 2000 issue but I just can't get behind that 2003 (although it's the nicest image of one I've seen)

elverno · October 24, 2003 6:25AM

Wow! Great photos.

Darkhorse · October 24, 2003 6:40AM

I didn't really distort the image of the coin in making these this time like I did the previous Canadian 25¢ coin.

I suddenly remembered I had lamps I used for my old drafting table around in a box somewhere and using those I set up a mini studio and made the lights attack the coin at two different angles. This gave me ample light to work with. But the next challenge was the camera- it reflects on the surface of the coin along with my fingers sometimes. To beat this I made a black card with a hole in it for the lens and a white card with a hole in it. Using the black card worked great for proof coins but on the glossy surface of the 2001 and 2003 it was a big black mess so I used the white card and got some good results but you have to play with the darkness of the lens in such a manner that it's not so apparent that it is the reflection of the lens.