still playing with light-comments please

laurentyvan

The first coin has adjusted white balance for incandescent light but still comes out yellowish:


The second has the same set up but with a light white cloth in front of the light-much more natural I think:


Perhaps a little brighter light would have been better but the result isn't too bad.

spinaker2000

#2 looks outstanding!!

cacheman

Having fun yet? You should be missing patches of hair by the end of the day...

cosmicdebris

Hair what's that!!!!!!!!!!

I would suggest 2 more lights with the settings of image #2

laurentyvan

Hair! Merde, I've got hair coming out of my nostrils, ears, and other places I won't mention... It's the bending over, the adjusting, the lighting, in and out of image programs, uploading to PCGS and posting-an image ain't easy (if you want to do it right); I have much more respect for picture posters than I had before!

Dog97

Sorry bout using US coins here but I have the best photo example of them. These were done with a Nikon Coolpic 4300, the light settings were default but was in the incandescant mode, no flash, and macro setting and holding the camera freehand. The best lighting is natural light. I simply prop my coins on the window sill, not in the direct sunlight but the part that is shaded, maybe several inches out of the direct sun.


The colors on this toner look pretty much like the picture.


This is a very very lightly frosted DMPL with very mild cameo and a little color. Coin loks pretty much like the picture.



This is the rev. In reality the frost is just a tad more whiter than the picture shows. I may have had this one in the direct sun. Colors show best out of the direct sun while Prooflike & white Mint State surfaces look more realistic in the sun.
Maybe one day I'll get some fancy lights so I can take pictures of my coins after dark. I can only take pictures during the day now.

theboz11

Laurent This was shot with 2 - 75 watt Reveal bulbs on opposite sides of the coin about 2 ft away.

JamminJ

Unless the coin is truly made of gold the second one is a far better image than the first. I didn't think a bit of cloth would make so much of a difference!

Nice and sharp details on both, are you holding the camera by hand or on a stand or tripod?

-JamminJ

Darkhorse

What kind of digital camera do you have? Check the manual if it has a tungsten filter feature.

laurentyvan

I'm using an Olympia 3000 Zoom that Cosmic sold me at a nice forum price. It has the tungsten filter, outdoor, cloudy, etc-quite a good camera, I'm just a novice with lighting. For $15 at Radio Shack I picked up a mini tripod that puts the camera in a down position at 9" above the coin. I'm just back from Walmart with a second architects gooseneck lamp and more reveal bulbs and plenty of white cloth. The blue background seems to do the best with coin imaging. Having fun and driving my poor wife crazy!

RedScorpio

Say CHEESE!........now I know what tickles your fancy........oh yeah don't listen to any of the rumours you may hear about yours truly........hehehehe

rhound1977

The second shot looks best, and all in all some great pictures.......