A couple new Indian Cents.
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First the proof. Very nice mirrors. Nice coloring also. I photo'd it two ways. Dang, I just love proof Indians. Definitely my favorite series. Proof cooper. Mmmm.
First: Mixture of reflected diffuse light and a couple direct lights. Washes out the color a bit but has nice highlights. This technique works best for coins with luster.
Second: Pure reflected diffuse light. Good for color.
now the MS coin: The direct light and diffuse light combo works well.
First: Mixture of reflected diffuse light and a couple direct lights. Washes out the color a bit but has nice highlights. This technique works best for coins with luster.
Second: Pure reflected diffuse light. Good for color.
now the MS coin: The direct light and diffuse light combo works well.
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<< <i>Pure reflected diffuse light - huh?? Let me know what your talking about 'cause I like the results! >>
Ok, The reflected light for showing color and mirrors is: I have three tensor lights close together near the camera at a high angle. I have a sheet of white paper under all three lights to diffuse the light. that produces a very even diffuse light. The camera is at an angle to the coin and is looking directly into the reflection of those lights. The images when first obtained look a bit washed out, but the washout is even. That can be mostly fixed with increasing the contrast of the pic and darkening it a bit. The key is to get a homogeneous area of light. If you put paper under all three light in the pic below you would have a pretty close approximation of this method.
The second method of mixed direct and diffuse light use a single light like above for the reflection (gotta get it pretty close to get a diffuse area of light over the whole coin). That lights up the fields and relief. The other two lights are at lower angles and have no diffusers. They provide the cartwheel and luster. Here's a pic of the second setup. The high and close light is diffuse and the two lower lights to the right are not. Camera's at an angle. I correct for the angle with the software to make it round again.